Healthcare Assistant
Job Description
Job summary
This role as a Healthcare Assistant at Ty Glyn Ebwy in Ebbw Vale offers an opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals with eating disorders and mental health conditions. You will be part of a supportive and inclusive team, providing care and support to help people on their recovery pathway. The role comes with a range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous leave entitlement, and opportunities for training and development.
Main duties of the job
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will be responsible for providing compassionate and personalized care to individuals with eating disorders and mental health conditions. This may involve tasks such as ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and assisting with personal hygiene. The role requires a positive attitude, empathy, resilience, and vigilance, as it can be challenging at times. However, it is highly rewarding to see the progress and improvement of the individuals under your care.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is an established and stable company with over 8,000 employees, providing a wide range of healthcare services across England and Wales. As part of the Ramsay Health Care global network, Elysium Healthcare offers opportunities for growth and development within a supportive and dynamic 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 Ty Glyn Ebwy in Ebbw Vale as a Healthcare Assistant 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 eating disorders and mental health conditions, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.
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 11.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.
Where you will be working
Address: Ty Glyn Ebwy, Hillside, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent, United Kingdom, NP23 5YA Ty Glyn Ebwy is embarking on an exciting journey to expand services to women in a specialist eating disorder setting, focusing on treating eating disorders, alongside addressing conditions like depression, self-harm, physical health concerns, and psychological distress including trauma.What you will get
- Annual salary of £25,429.95
- 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 is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.
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
- No specific qualifications are required, but relevant experience as a Healthcare Assistant or in a similar caregiving role would be beneficial.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Ebbw Vale
NP23 5YA
