This is a part-time Healthcare Assistant role at Thornford Park Hospital in Thatcham, Berkshire. The successful candidate will join a supportive and inclusive team providing care to people with a range of mental health conditions, using their knowledge and skills to help patients along their recovery pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life. The role offers a range of benefits including an annual salary, location allowance, annual leave, and access to training and development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be responsible for 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. You will work as part of a 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.
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 Thornford Park Hospital in Thatcham as a Healthcare Assistant on a part-time basis 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
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.
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
* Annual salary of £14,215.50 (22.5 hours a week)
* £1,619 Location Allowance (pro rata)
* 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 mentioned, but the role requires experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK, with knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery pathway.
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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