Healthcare Assistant

Be the difference in your patients lives!

As Health Care Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting the nursing staff to implement the care plans of our dementia patients at Schoen Clinic York. The nursing staff will decide the detailed care plans in conjunction with best practice (e.g., NICE guidelines), and HCAs will participate in the development and implementation of daily activities to support the care plans.

Here are some of the key things you'll be responsible for:

• 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

Benefits

You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service

• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

• Paid emergency leave

• Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us

• Contributory pension scheme with Royal London

• Enhanced Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.

• Dental Cover

• Recognition schemes for employees

• Eye care scheme with Specsavers

• Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts

• Winter flu jabs

• EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns

The successful candidate will have a good standard of education, with an NVQ level 2 in healthcare or equivalent length of experience and be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills.

Working within a healthcare setting is essential however working within dementia is not as we will provide you with a full robust induction. You must also have an understanding of the mental health act, mental capacity act, safeguarding of patients and human rights.

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.

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