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Senior Healthcare Assistant

Priory Healthcare, York

Senior Healthcare Assistant

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Priory Healthcare, York

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 1 day ago, 20 Nov | Get your application in today.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 405b232046a74c248d769aca1c5e29f1

Full Job Description

  • Support our residents with in-house activities and hobbies
  • Providing support to achieve every day goals including personal care tasks, such as washing, dressing, eating and toileting
  • Manage some behaviours that challenge
  • Assistant and support to attend medical appointments
  • Observe, monitor and record physical and emotional well-being, and promptly report any changes to senior staff
  • Provide emotional support to individuals and their families
  • Support and monitor healthcare needs, including administering medication and temperature checks
  • Understand communication needs and adapt your communication to each individual
  • Work with other professionals, such as nurses and therapists, to ensure consistency of support
  • Analyse an individuals needs and draw up a focused support plan

    At Priory, you'll be part of a closeknit and diverse team that helps individuals day to day, encouraging them to live as independently as possible. You will help people reach their full potential, through both practical and emotional support, making a positive difference to their lives.
    • Your own positive attitude and genuine passion for providing high quality care and support will be integral to the culture of our teams. You should be keen to learn and show compassion to care for the people we support. Whilst previous experience is a plus, the key things you need to excel in this role are empathy and a passion for caring, flexibility and a strong sense of responsibility. Not only is full training provided, but there are numerous career pathways available to you, including our Nurse Apprenticeship program. If you are looking for a rewarding career in a supportive and friendly team, we want to hear from you! Our roles can be flexible around your lifestyle, either full or part time and with a variety of shift patterns including weekdays and weekends.

    Priory Stockton Hall is a long-serving medium secure hospital based in a quiet but well-connected village near the historic city of York. It serves the local Provider Collaborative and multiple National Collaboratives, and has had a long-running record of successful patient pathways. We model our service provision on the NHS secure service specification for medium and low secure services, ensuring our patients are given the highest quality of care to enable quick and smooth transitions into local services, wherever possible.

  • Opportunities for career development through Career Pathways, work towards goals and milestones, to take your career in whichever direction you wish
  • Support of an experienced and friendly team of colleagues
  • A competitive salary
  • Enhanced disclosure cost coverage
  • Comprehensive induction and commitment to on-going training
  • Enhanced Maternity Pay in line with NHS
  • Online benefits and cashback rewards
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Blue Light Card application opportunity

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