Healthcare Assistant

The job of a Healthcare Assistant at Emerald Place Clinic in Charlwood involves providing care and support to young people aged 13 to 18 with a range of mental health conditions, including mood disorders, acute psychosis, and co-existing additional needs such as neurodevelopmental disorders, including mild learning disabilities or autism. The role requires a caring and compassionate approach, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with a supportive team to help the young people along their recovery pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide care to people with a range of mental health conditions. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene. The work can be challenging at times, but it is highly rewarding to see people improve and know that you have made a positive difference in their lives.

Emerald Place Clinic is part of Elysium Healthcare, an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. Elysium Healthcare is part of the Ramsay Health Care group, which has a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Are you a naturally caring experienced Healthcare Assistant in the UK, looking for your career to be fulfilling, where you're valued, recognised and supported?

If you want to make a positive difference to the lives of others and change lives for the better, then join the team at Emerald Place Clinicin Charlwoodas a Healthcare Assistant and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

You'll have access to a range of training and development options to help you achieve your career aspirations, while working as part of a supportive and friendly team in a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

What you will be doing:

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people witha range of Mental Healthconditions, usingyour knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

Your day-to-day will include ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene.

It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement, knowing that you've made someone's life better.

The shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends. 37.5 hours per week.

Where you will be working:

Location:Emerald Place Clinic, Farmfield Drive, Charlwood, Horley, RH6 0BN

Emerald Place Clinic is a general adolescent inpatient unit for the care and treatment of young people aged 13 up to the age of 18. Young people who are admitted to the unit will have a primary diagnosis of mental illness across a wide range of disorders and complex needs. These could include mental health conditions such as mood disorders and acute psychosis. Additionally young people may have co-existing additional needs such as neurodevelopmental disorders, including mild learning disabilities or autism. A young person could also be admitted if they have disordered eating.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of£25,058
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

• No specific qualifications are mentioned, but the job requires experience as a Healthcare Assistant and a caring, compassionate, and resilient approach to working with people with mental health conditions.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.