Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Healthcare Assistant

£10.55 p/h (weekends 30% enhancements)

Full time rotational days and nights Ipswich, Suffolk

Why join us?

Brainkind has exciting career development opportunities for experienced Care Assistants at the beautiful Neurological Care Centre, The Chantry, based in Ipswich, Suffolk. We are looking for compassionate and dedicated experienced carers to join our team.

About us:

The Chantry is a Brainkind specialist neurological care centre based in Ipswich, caring for people aged 18 and over a range of neurological conditions. At The Chantry, we provide the care people need to optimise their health and wellbeing, maximise their independence and support their emotional and social needs.

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.

About the role:

• To promote choice in the delivery of care and support
• Making decisions to enhance the individuals experience.
• Ensure accurate reporting and documentation.
• Promote Brainkind Values and continued High standards.
• The correct candidate will demonstrate a compassionate and caring nature alongside flexibility with excellent people skills and be a team player.
• Previous experience or education in the field of care is essential.

About you:

The correct candidate will demonstrate a compassionate and caring nature alongside flexibility with excellent people skills and be a team player. Successful applicants must have recent experience in the delivery of care in a similar environment and have or be willing to gain an NVQ 2 in health and social care.

Rewards

You can look forward to excellent benefits, including handy discounts on many brands and services.

• Friday midnight to Sunday midnight (weekends) 30% Public Holidays 24 hours midnight to midnight 60%

• Enhancements: 8.00 pm to 6.00 am (nights) 30%

• 35 days holiday including bank holidays.

• Pension Contributions

• Blue Light Card: provides those in the NHS, emergency services, social care sector and armed forces with discounts online and in-store.

• Perkbox

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Eye voucher scheme

• Long service and staff awards

• Free uniform

• Free Parking

*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.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Successful applicants must have recent experience in the delivery of care in a similar environment and have or be willing to gain an NVQ 2 in health and social care.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Brainkind

Address

The Chantry Neurological Care Centre

Hadley Road

Ipswich

IP2 0BP

Employer's website

https://brainkind.org/ (Opens in a new tab)