Healthcare Assistant - Lancashire in Preston

Hours: Day shifts - 36 hours, 3 shifts over 7 days including weekends on a rota basis

Contract Type: Full-time, permanent

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

Please note we do not offer sponsorship for this role.

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.

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.
• 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.

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

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

Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.

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. It is 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.