This Healthcare Assistant role at Elysium Healthcare's Cefn Carnau facility in Caerphilly, South Wales offers an opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of people with mental health conditions. The role involves providing care and support to service users, working as part of an inclusive and supportive team. The position offers a competitive annual salary of £24,640 plus a range of benefits, including training and development opportunities to support career growth.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide person-centered care and support to adults with a range of mental health conditions, including learning disabilities and autism. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include participating in ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and assisting with personal care. The work can be challenging at times, but it is highly rewarding to see the positive impact you can have on people's lives.
Job responsibilities
Be part of making lives better as a Healthcare Assistant at Cefn Carnau in Caerphilly and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
Use your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference to the lives of people with mental health conditions.
You’ll be looked after, with a fulfilling career where you’re valued, recognized, and supported, with colleagues there for you and a culture built on kindness and teamwork.
There’s also a range of training and development options available to help you achieve your career aspirations, allowing you to grow and succeed as a Healthcare Assistant and beyond. Over 2,000 staff had a promotion last year, that’s 25% of the workforce, so the opportunities really are there.
What you will be doing
You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with a range of mental health conditions, 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, 39 hours per week.
Where you will be working
Location : Cefn Carnau Lane, Thornhill, Caerphilly, South Wales, CF83 1LX
You will be working at Cefn Carnau, a modern new-build low secure hospital providing person-centered care and support for adults with a learning disability, including those who have autism. Service users may also present with mental health problems including Personality Disorders (PD).
The aim is to reduce the presenting mental health issues and behaviors that are perceived as challenging in a setting where risk can be managed and reduced to allow service users to step down into community-facing living.
What you will get
* Annual salary of £24,640
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including 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 relevant experience in a healthcare or social care setting would be advantageous.
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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