Healthcare Assistant - Preston - Lancashire

Brainkind; Rishton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay rate

EAP access

Training and support

Company pension

Group life assurance

Eye voucher scheme

Long service awards

Free parking

Job summary

Brainkind is a charity focused on neurorehabilitation for brain injury patients in the UK. We are seeking a Healthcare Assistant in Preston, Lancashire, to support recovery and daily living activities.

The role involves working as part of a team to implement rehabilitation goals and provide compassionate personal care, with training and supervision provided. The position is full-time (36 hours weekly) on a rota basis, offering a competitive hourly rate of £13.21 with an additional £1 on Bank

Qualifications

• Proven experience of working within a team.
• Care delivery experience is preferred.
• Willing to provide personal care.
• Good communication skills.
• Numeracy and literacy skills.
• IT skills including internet, email and word processing.

Responsibilities

• Work with the team to support cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery.
• Carry out personal care duties with appropriate supervision.
• Monitor clients' physical and emotional wellbeing and escalate changes to senior staff.
• Ensure accurate reporting and documentation.
• Review and suggest ways to enhance the individuals’ experience and support junior staff.
• Support service users to have their views considered in service delivery.

Skills

Teamwork

Care delivery

Personal care

Communication

Numeracy

IT skills

Job description

Why join us?

Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

Healthcare Assistant - Preston - Lancashire

Hours: 36 hours on a rota basis
Contract Type: Full-time, permanent
Pay Rate: £13.21 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend
Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role

Why join us?

If you are passionate about providing expert and compassionate care and looking to develop in your career as a Healthcare Assistant in the field of Neurological care, Brainkind has an amazing opportunity for you!

About the role:

• Working with other team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional recovery. Ensuring that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced


• Carrying out personal care duties with close supervision and making judgements involving straightforward facts or situations


• Monitoring the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues, as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morale of clients by communication and contact – achieved by talking and working with them


• Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation


• Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals’ experience. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff


• Promoting choice in the delivery of care and support. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives.


• Supporting service users to have their views and experiences considered in the way the service is provided and delivered


• Having a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources. This includes safeguarding, handling cash and service users’ valuables


• Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks


• For an insight in to what the role would entail please watch our video detailing a Day in the Life of one of our Support Workers at Brainkind: Working at Brainkind: A day in the life - Millie

About you:

• Proven experience of working within a team


• Care delivery experience


• Willing to provide personal care


• Good communication skills


• Numeracy and literacy skills


• IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email and word

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive rate of £13.21 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend


• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)


• Excellent training and support


• Company Pension


• Group life assurance


• Eye voucher scheme


• Long service and staff awards


• Free parking

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.