This is a temporary Bank Healthcare Assistant role at Elysium Healthcare's Thornford Park Hospital in Thatcham, Berkshire. The role offers flexible work with no minimum hours, an hourly rate of £12.33 (including 12.07% holiday allowance), and a range of benefits. The successful candidate will join the team providing care for people with mental health conditions, utilizing their experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, or Care Worker.
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to provide personalized assessment and treatment programs for males with mental illness/complex care needs, as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service. The role requires a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance to work in a challenging but rewarding environment, making a real difference to vulnerable people.
Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker wanting control and flexibility to work the shifts you want?
Whether you’re looking for extra shifts to boost your income or a flexible job that fits around your lifestyle, if you’re an experienced Healthcare Assistant in the UK you can join our staff bank and, after completing a paid two-week induction, you’ll have access to available shifts at Thornford Park Hospital in Thatcham, plus the potential future option to work bank shifts regionally at other Elysium services across the region.
There is no minimum number of hours that you need to work, although it is recommended to work as often as you can to ensure your induction knowledge and familiarity with the service is retained.
Weekdays, nights and weekend shifts are regularly available, which are easy to view and book through an app. Within a few taps you’ll have the nursing shifts at Thornford Park secured that you want.
Whether your nursing experience is from the NHS or private sector, you can join the team as a Bank Healthcare Assistant with an hourly rate that includes a 12.07% uplift to cover annual leave, plus have access to a range of benefits including free meals on duty, free parking and more.
What you will be doing
You will join the team that works well together to provide care for people with a range of Mental Health conditions. Whether you are currently a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker or Care Worker, you will utilise your experience to support people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.
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; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week because of you.
The service operates 24/7 with 12.5 hour standard shifts. As a Healthcare Assistant on our bank you’ll be on a zero hour contract, giving you the freedom to choose which shifts you want to work each week.
Where you will be working
You will be working at Thornford Park, a 130 bedded independent hospital which supports service users that require medium and low secure Forensic Mental Health Services. In addition to these services there is also a PICU Mental Health Service.
The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering people in their recovery and rehabilitation.
Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder, and females and males in a PICU service.
What you will get
* An hourly rate of up to £12.05 (plus 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
* Weekly pay!
* Two-week paid induction
* App access to book shifts easily and quickly
* Free meals and parking
* Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Relevant experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, or Care Worker is required. You should have a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance to work in a challenging but rewarding environment.
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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