NHS

Healthcare Assistant


PayCompetitive
LocationClacton-On-Sea/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: E0132-25-0629?language=en&page=1251&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      This is a temporary Healthcare Assistant role at Elysium Healthcare's Asher House facility in Walton on the Naze. The role involves providing care and support to individuals with learning disabilities and autism, using your skills and knowledge to help them on their recovery pathway. It's a challenging but rewarding environment, with a focus on delivering great healthcare and making a positive difference in people's lives.

      Main duties of the job

      As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll be part of an inclusive and supportive team, working together to provide high-quality care to service users. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors and adapting care accordingly, updating patient records, and assisting with personal hygiene. A positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important in this role, as you'll be working in a challenging environment at times. However, the role is highly rewarding, as you'll see the positive impact you have on the lives of the people you support.

      About us

      Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees. They have a unique approach to the delivery of care, with a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education. This provides opportunities for growth and career progression within the organization.

      Details

      Date posted

      23 April 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      £25,155 a year

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time

      Reference number

      1288200359

      Job locations

      Elysium Healthcare

      Clacton-on-Sea

      CO14 8JU


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      Are you a naturally caring experienced Healthcare Assistant in the UK, looking for your career to be fulfilling, where you’re valued, recognised and supported?

      If you want to make a positive difference to the lives of others and change lives for the better, then join the team at Asher House in Walton on the Naze as a Healthcare Assistant and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

      You’ll have access to a range of training and development options to help you achieve your career aspirations, while working as part of a supportive and friendly team in a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

      What you will be doing

      You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities and autism conditions, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

      Your day-to-day will include ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene.

      It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement, knowing that you’ve made someone’s life better.

      The shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

      Where you will be working

      Location: Asher House, Third Avenue, Walton On The Naze, CO14 8JU Asher House consists of six bespoke, single-person apartments within a registered care setting with 24-hour nursing support. It provides a robust environment and high-intensity care model which is designed to support people who have a Learning Disability & Autism with highly complex needs and behaviours. This includes service users who may be stepping down from the hospital or whose community placements have broken down.

      What you will get

      • Annual salary of £25,155
      • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
      • Free meals and parking
      • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
      • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
      • Pension contribution to secure your future.
      • Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
      • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

      There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

      About your next employer:

      You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

      Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

      Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      Are you a naturally caring experienced Healthcare Assistant in the UK, looking for your career to be fulfilling, where you’re valued, recognised and supported?

      If you want to make a positive difference to the lives of others and change lives for the better, then join the team at Asher House in Walton on the Naze as a Healthcare Assistant and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

      You’ll have access to a range of training and development options to help you achieve your career aspirations, while working as part of a supportive and friendly team in a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

      What you will be doing

      You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities and autism conditions, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

      Your day-to-day will include ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene.

      It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement, knowing that you’ve made someone’s life better.

      The shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

      Where you will be working

      Location: Asher House, Third Avenue, Walton On The Naze, CO14 8JU Asher House consists of six bespoke, single-person apartments within a registered care setting with 24-hour nursing support. It provides a robust environment and high-intensity care model which is designed to support people who have a Learning Disability & Autism with highly complex needs and behaviours. This includes service users who may be stepping down from the hospital or whose community placements have broken down.

      What you will get

      • Annual salary of £25,155
      • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
      • Free meals and parking
      • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
      • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
      • Pension contribution to secure your future.
      • Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
      • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

      There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

      About your next employer:

      You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

      Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

      Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • No specific qualifications are required, but experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK is preferred. Elysium Healthcare is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment, and they provide training and development opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
      Person Specification

      Qualifications

      Essential

      • No specific qualifications are required, but experience as a Healthcare Assistant in the UK is preferred. Elysium Healthcare is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment, and they provide training and development opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

      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.

      UK Registration

      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

      Additional information

      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.

      UK Registration

      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Elysium Healthcare

      Address

      Elysium Healthcare

      Clacton-on-Sea

      CO14 8JU


      Employer's website

      https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Elysium Healthcare

      Address

      Elysium Healthcare

      Clacton-on-Sea

      CO14 8JU


      Employer's website

      https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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