Senior Healthcare Assistant

Schoen Clinic

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Job summary

Join us and make a positive impact on the lives of your patients!

As a Senior Health Care Assistant at York, you'll be crucial in supporting the nursing staff to provide top-notch patient care. Your responsibilities include overseeing shift operations, guiding junior colleagues, and ensuring all tasks are completed efficiently. By following best practices like NICE guidelines, you'll help create care plans that truly make a difference in our patients' lives.

Main duties of the job

  • Adhere to NICE guidelines;

  • Build therapeutic relationships with patients;

  • Conduct regular patient assessments;

  • Assist during meal times and support feeding methods;

  • Perform clinical tasks with expertise;

  • Collaborate with healthcare professionals;

  • Ensure safety and report concerns;

  • Understand safeguarding principles

About us

Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based on our five key values:

  • Accountable:Taking ownership of the things I say and do

  • Caring:Treating others as I would like to be treated

  • Collaborative:Working together to make a winning team

  • Courageous:Being proud to be different and challenge the norm

  • Determined:Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations

Schoen Clinic York is a highly specialised Hospital for adults in the North of England. We are currently based on the ground floor of Minster Grange as an eating disorder hospital, and in September 2024 will be expanding to cover the full building with other service lines including Dementia care. We are situated just off Haxby Road which is 10 minutes drive from York Train Station and 4 miles from the A64.

Date posted

28 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,500 to £24,500 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

E0231-24-0016

Job locations

Schoen Clinic York

Minster Grange, Haxby Road

York

YO31 8TA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Senior Healthcare Assistant Job Description' for more information about the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached 'Schoen Clinic Senior Healthcare Assistant Job Description' for more information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A good standard of education, ideally NVQ level 2 of equivalent
  • Can demonstrate clear evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Must be able to ensure safe practice
  • Working in a healthcare setting
  • Able to maintain professional boundaries with patients
  • Experience in MS office systems
  • Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team
  • Experience of working sensitively with patients, carers and relatives

Desirable

  • An awareness of NICE guidelines and treatment of eating disorders
  • Competent to undertake basic physical observations
  • At least 12 months experience working as an HCA in an inpatient environment
  • To demonstrate an awareness and commitment to equality and diversity
  • Knowledge of MHA and MCA
  • Knowledge of safeguarding
  • Experience of using IT bases patient record systems
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • A good standard of education, ideally NVQ level 2 of equivalent
  • Can demonstrate clear evidence of continued professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Must be able to ensure safe practice
  • Working in a healthcare setting
  • Able to maintain professional boundaries with patients
  • Experience in MS office systems
  • Experience of working effectively in a multidisciplinary team
  • Experience of working sensitively with patients, carers and relatives

Desirable

  • An awareness of NICE guidelines and treatment of eating disorders
  • Competent to undertake basic physical observations
  • At least 12 months experience working as an HCA in an inpatient environment
  • To demonstrate an awareness and commitment to equality and diversity
  • Knowledge of MHA and MCA
  • Knowledge of safeguarding
  • Experience of using IT bases patient record systems

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Schoen Clinic

Address

Schoen Clinic York

Minster Grange, Haxby Road

York

YO31 8TA


Employer's website

https://www.schoen-clinic.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Schoen Clinic

Address

Schoen Clinic York

Minster Grange, Haxby Road

York

YO31 8TA


Employer's website

https://www.schoen-clinic.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Partner

Alexandra Tigwell

recruitment@schoen-clinic.co.uk

Date posted

28 October 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,500 to £24,500 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

E0231-24-0016

Job locations

Schoen Clinic York

Minster Grange, Haxby Road

York

YO31 8TA


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