Bank Healthcare Assistant -Female

  • NHS
  • Full Time
  • Midhurst
  • 13.50 an hour
NHS

Job Description

Job summary

The job is for a Bank Healthcare Assistant position at Middlewood Clinic in Midhurst, West Sussex, which provides care and treatment for people with eating disorders. The successful candidate will join a team that works together to provide care for people with mental health conditions, utilizing their experience to support people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will have the flexibility to choose the shifts you want to work, with a range of weekday, night, and weekend shifts available. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that includes a Registered Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nurses, Healthcare Workers, Psychologist, Dietician, Occupational Therapist, and Social Worker. The role involves providing care and support to individuals with mental health conditions, with a focus on restoring a healthy body weight and addressing psychological problems during treatment.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education. The company is part of Ramsay Health Care, which has a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

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 Middlewood Clinic in Midhurst, 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 shifts at Middlewood Clinic 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, and more.

In the interest of our female residents, we are exclusively recruiting for female candidates only.

What you will be doing:

You will join the team that works well together to provide care for people with 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.

With Elysium, you'll get to experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like as you make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable people in society, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated as you're rewarded and enjoy a fulfilling role.

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:

Location: Little Ashfield, Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9JP

Middlewood Clinic provide 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:

  • An hourly rate of £13.50 (Inclusive of a 12.07% Holiday Allowance Uplift)
  • Weekly pay!
  • Two-week paid induction
  • App access to book shifts easily and quickly
  • Free meals
  • 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

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience as a Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker in the UK, with a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Midhurst, West Sussex

GU29 9JP

Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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