Senior Healthcare Assistant; Maternity Cover

Senior Healthcare Assistant (Maternity Cover)

This is a senior healthcare assistant role at the St Neots Neurological Centre, which is part of Elysium Healthcare. The role involves providing care and support to people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs, with a focus on helping them lead a full and valued life. The role offers opportunities for career development and training, as well as a range of benefits including an annual salary of £27,027.

As a Senior Healthcare Assistant, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide care to people with mental health conditions. Your key responsibilities will include organising and overseeing the smooth running of shifts, ensuring the wellbeing of all service users, responding to challenges or concerns, and supervising support staff. You will also be responsible for organizing activities, administering medication, communicating with families and professionals, and completing various administrative tasks.

The role requires a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance, as it can be a challenging environment ever, it is hugely rewarding to see people improve due to your efforts.

Elysium Healthcare is a leading provider of mental health, neurological, learning disability, and autism services in the UK. With over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales, the organisation offers a unique approach to the delivery of care and opportunities for career growth and development.

Are you an experienced Senior Healthcare Assistant looking to elevate your career, where you can make a real difference and change lives for the better? If so, join St. Neots Neurological Centre in St. Neots, and provide care for people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs. You will be key in supporting individuals to lead a full and valued life.

It’s a career that you can take pride in.

ts Neurological Centre you will have the chance to develop your skills and career. With a huge range of courses on offer, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

What you will be doing:

You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with Mental Health conditions. You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

As a Senior Support Worker some of your key responsibilities will include organising and overseeing the smooth running of a shift, ensuring the wellbeing of all service users, responding to any challenges or concerns and supervising support staff. You will organise activities, administer medication, communicate with families and professionals, oversee daily reports, budgets, complete financial audits and complete H&S checks.

It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. It is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of you; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week.

No two days are the same in this role, offering plenty of engagement and motivation. While there's a degree of routine, you can expect a diverse work environment. Our rota includes days, nights, and weekend shifts to ensure a well-balanced team effort.

As a Senior Support Worker you will have:

• Experience as Senior Support Worker or extensive care experience in Mental Health and hold the NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
• Leadership skills and experience
• Strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
• Willingness to support residents with personal hygiene
• Excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
• Deal with challenging behaviours
• Have a positive and professional approach
• Be reliable, flexible, hard-working and honest
• Be local or within commutable distance

You must live in the UK and have the Right to Work in the UK full time.

20-hour Student and Skilled Worker Visa's cannot be accepted.

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