Healthcare Assistant

4 weeks ago


Brighton, Australia NHS Full time

This role as a Healthcare Assistant at Brighton & Hove Clinic with Elysium Healthcare offers an opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals with eating disorders. The position provides a fulfilling career path, with access to training, development, and a supportive team environment. The successful candidate will contribute to the care and recovery of patients, working in a challenging but rewarding setting.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide care for people with eating disorders. Your responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may involve assisting with personal hygiene. The role requires a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance to navigate the challenging environment, but the reward is seeing people improve due to your involvement and knowing that you have made a positive impact on their lives.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established and stable company with over 8,000 employees, providing a range of healthcare services across England and Wales. As part of the Ramsay Health Care global network, the organization has a unique approach to delivering care and offers opportunities for growth and development within the organization.

Job responsibilities

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 Brighton & Hove Clinic in Hove as 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 with Eating Disorders conditions, using your 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 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends. 7:30am to 8pm day shift and 7:30pm to 8am night shift. 37.5 hours per week.

Where you will be working

Location: New Church Road Hove BN3 4FH

Brighton & Hove Clinic provides a CAMHS Tier 4 Eating Disorder service for young people aged 12 up to 18 years with a primary diagnosis of eating disorder; or an eating difficulty with a co-morbid presentation for example mental health or psychological issues, such as depression, OCD or anxiety or self-harm.

What you will get

- Annual salary of £25,057.50
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off
- Free meals
- 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.

You will be subject to 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

- No specific qualifications are mentioned, but the role requires experience as a Healthcare Assistant and a naturally caring approach.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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