This is a Healthcare Assistant role at Middlewood Clinic, which is part of Elysium Healthcare, to provide care and support to people with eating disorders. The successful candidate will be part of a supportive and friendly team, with access to training and development opportunities to help them achieve their career goals. The role involves tasks such as ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, including assisting with personal hygiene.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant at Middlewood Clinic, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with eating disorders. You will use your knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life. 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 environment can be challenging at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important. However, it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement, knowing that you've made someone's life better.
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 Middlewood Clinic 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, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.
Your day-to-day 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.
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.
Where you will be working
Location: Little Ashfield, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9JP
Middlewood Clinic provides care and treatment for men and women who have an eating disorder including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and atypical eating disorders. Our approach will be to restore a healthy body weight and address psychological problems during treatment.
The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) at Middlewood Clinic will be made up of the Registered Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nurses, Healthcare Workers, Psychologist, Dietician, Occupational Therapist, and Social Worker.
The hospital will have 12 comfortable ensuite bedrooms and a variety of communal and recreational spaces including lounge areas, a light and airy dining room, activities room, visitors room, therapy rooms, therapy kitchen area, and a lovely cottage style garden.
What you will get
* Annual salary of £23,985 (37.5 hours a week)
* 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 are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* No specific qualifications are required, but previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant, and a caring and compassionate nature, are essential for this role.
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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