Female Night Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire

Job Description

Female Night Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role

Location: Preston

37.5 hours per week

Pay Rate: £13.21 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend

Why join us?

If you are passionate about providing expert and compassionate care and looking to develop in your career as a Healthcare Assistant in the field of Neurological care, Brainkind has an amazing opportunity for you!

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

• Carrying out personal care duties with close supervision and making judgements involving straightforward facts or situations

• 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 considered in the way the service is provided and delivered

• Having a personal duty of care in relation to equipment and resources. This includes safeguarding, handling cash and service users’ valuables

• 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

• For an insight in to what the role would entail please watch our video detailing a Day in the Life of one of our Support Workers at Brainkind: Working at Brainkind: A day in the life - Millie

About you:

• Proven experience of working within a team

• Care delivery experience

• Willing to provide personal care

• Good communication skills

• Numeracy and literacy skills

• IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email and word

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits including:

• A competitive rate of £13.21 per hour with £1 extra on a Bank Holiday and Weekend
• 33 Days AL
• Buy/Sell up to 5 days AL each year
• Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Further information can be found at www.simplyhealth.co.uk/about-us
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Eye voucher scheme
• Long service and staff awards
• Free parking

To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.

Job Details

Pay Type

Hourly

Employment Indicator

Regular

Hiring Min Rate

13.21 GBP

Hiring Max Rate

14.21 GBP