Senior Healthcare Assistant

Jane Lewis Health & Social Care; England; On-site; GBP 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in England is seeking a Senior Healthcare Assistant in Dymchurch. The role involves leading shifts, managing care plans, and mentoring staff while promoting independence for young adults with disabilities. The ideal candidate will have experience in care and an NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care. This full-time position offers a salary of GBP30,813.38 per annum and includes comprehensive benefits like additional time off for your birthday and a reward app for discounts.

Benefits

25 days plus bank holidays

Extra day off for your birthday

Access to training and development opportunities

Confidential Employee Assistance Programme

Nest Personal Pension account

Medicash Health Plan

Monthly awards programmes

Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in the care sector essential.
• Ability to manage challenging situations autonomously.
• Reliability in attendance and full compliance with policies required.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts and ensure staffing levels are maintained.
• Conduct staff supervisions and performance reviews.
• Maintain person-centered care plans for service users.

Skills

Experience in care

Flexible and professional approach

Teamwork

Self-confidence in managing situations

Reliability in attendance and timekeeping

NVQ 3 in Health and social care

Education

NVQ 3 in Health and social care

Job description

Healthcare Assistant

Reference: SHCA/DYMCHURCH/0

Salary: GBP30,813.38 per annum

We're recruiting a Senior Healthcare Assistant on behalf of one of the UK s largest independent providers in neuro and mental healthcare, in Dymchurch!

Our client provides individuals with the support they need in a purpose built home, helping to promote independence and maintain a high standard of both physical and mental wellbeing. They're committed to helping every person they support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible. At this service, they provide support for young adults with a disability in a residential home, helping to promote independence and maintain a high standard of both physical and mental wellbeing.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• An extra day off for your birthday
• A Learning Hub where you can benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• A Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials
• Monthly, quarterly and annual awards programmes, recognising those going above and beyond in their role
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to GBP1000 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of the qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with the group

What you'll be working:

Your hours are based on a rota working every other weekend.

• Full time hours - 42 Hours a week. 1 x night shift.
• GBP30,813.38 per annum
• 20:00 to 08:15 worked as 36/48 or 42/42 (3x12 & 1x6) over 2 weeks- night shift
• 25 pence an hour uplift for night hours.

What you'll be doing as a Senior Healthcare Assistant:

• Effectively lead the shift by ensuring appropriate staffing levels are maintained at all times.
• Shift/people management.
• Addressing staff issues such as timekeeping and attendance in a timely manner.
• Conducting regular supervisions for staff team
• Ensure that each service user has a key worker and that all aspects of the key worker role is implemented.
• Ensure that all service users have up-to-date risk assessments and person-centered plans in place and review and update as required with the service manager.
• Monitoring performance levels of staff team and identifying areas for improvement on an individual basis.
• Mentoring staff team to continuously develop their skills;
• Ensure service users receive support within the framework of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS).
• Ensure petty cash is managed within company guidelines.
• Ensure medication is administered in accordance with procedures.
• Deliver on-the-job training and guidance.
• Oversee the preparation of medical/neurology appointments and letters.
• Cover all aspects of the support health care assistant role as and when required to work on the floors in order to meet the needs of the service.
• Act as a representative of the group at all times when liaising with external stakeholders including medical professionals, care managers, families, advocates, therapists, prospective service users etc.
• Support referrals activities by attending service user assessments and host service visits.
• Attend and prepare service users reviews.
• Observe and operate at all times in accordance with the Company s policies and procedures.
• To be part of the on-call team.
• Responsible for attending and completing all mandatory training.
• To undertake any other duties appropriate and as reasonably required to meet the changing needs of the service and ensuring that service user needs and business objectives are met.

What you'll have:

• Experience in care
• Flexible, professional, and positive approach to multi-site working.
• Proven reliability in terms of full attendance and timekeeping.
• Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
• Self-confidence and ability to manage challenging situations
• NVQ 3 in Health and social care.

Our client wants to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, they are a Disability Confident committed employer.

If this sounds like the role for you, apply to be a Senior Healthcare Assistant in Dymchurch today!