Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire
Job Description
Job summary
Why join us?
Brainkind Neurological Care Centre Lancashire is a purpose-built, state of the art neurological care centre based in Fulwood, Preston, providing specialist neurological rehabilitation care and support. We are looking for experienced Healthcare Assistants to join our dedicated team.
About us:
At Brainkind Neurological Care Centre Lancashire, we provide the care people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs. We provide specialist neurological care, rehabilitation and support tailored to the individual needs of people with a range of neurological conditions.
Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support and help improve the lives of people with a neurological condition or brain injury.
Main duties of the job
About the role:
Working with other team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery. Ensuring that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced
Monitoring the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morale of clients by communication and contact achieved by talking and working with them
Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation
Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals experience. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff
About us
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of peoplewith brain injuries in the UK.Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more to recover and meet their personal goals.Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do youll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. Its a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.
Job responsibilities
Working with other team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional recovery. Ensuring that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced
Monitoring the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morale of clients by communication and contact achieved by talking and working with them
Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation
Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals experience. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff
Promoting choice in the delivery of care and support. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives.
Supporting service users to have their views and experiences taken into account in the way the service is provided and delivered
Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- About you:
- Proven experience of working within a team
- Care delivery experience
- Good communication skills
- Numeracy and literacy skills
- IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email and word
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
Brainkind
Address
Brainkind
Teal Avenue
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 9BN
