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Healthcare Assistant

ST13 Leek

Full-Time

Immediately

Job Description

Are you a naturally caring experienced Support Worker 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 Ballington House in Leek as a Support Worker 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 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:

  • Talking and interacting with service users
  • Supporting, encouraging, and motivating them with all aspects of their recovery and treatment goals, such as daily living tasks and community involvement
  • Carrying out duties allocated by the MDT
  • Updating patient records
  • Responding to incidents
  • Supporting mealtimes
  • Ensuring a clean and safe environment

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, totaling 37.5 hours per week.

Where You Will Be Working Location: Ballington Gardens, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5LW You will be working at Ballington House, a 13 bedded Mental Health rehabilitation hospital that provides services for women with complex Mental Health needs.

The environment at Ballington House offers a pathway from admission to discharge, which incorporates three phases:

  • The assessment phase (accepting help)
  • The rehabilitation phase (believing, trying and learning)
  • The community phase-out (self-reliance)

The patients' journey generally begins on the ground floor, and as they move through each phase of their pathway, they proceed to the first floor and then the two bedroomed apartment on the first floor.

You will work alongside an experienced multi-disciplinary team consisting of:

  • A consultant psychiatrist
  • Clinical psychologist and assistants
  • An occupational therapist and assistants
  • Nurses
  • Support workers

What You’ll Get At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others. You’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

  • Annual base salary of £25,058
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
  • Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Access to the Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
  • Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
  • Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
  • 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
  • Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
  • Pension contribution, to help secure your future
  • Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking

About Your Next Employer Elysium Healthcare has 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.

Elysium Healthcare follows 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.

Job Requirements

Work permit in United Kingdom: Required

English language skill: Intermediate (B1)

Driver's license: Not required

Suitable Qualifications

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