Healthcare Assistant

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Kendal; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a compassionate and experienced Healthcare Assistant to join their team in Kendal. You will support individuals with high support needs in a rewarding environment, with responsibilities including personal care, updating records, and participating in ward rounds. The role offers a competitive annual salary, generous leave, training opportunities, and various benefits to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Annual base salary of £26,728

33 days annual leave

Career development and training

Wellbeing support and activities

Access to exclusive discounts

Life Assurance

Instant access to earned wages

Enhanced Maternity Package

Pension contribution

Free/subsidised meals

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare or caring environment.
• Ability to support individuals with challenging behaviour.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall care and support to patients.
• Assist with personal hygiene and daily living activities.
• Update patient records and participate in ward rounds.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Positive attitude

Vigilance

Job description

Introduction

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 Ann House in Kendal as a Healthcare Assistant and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

What you will be doing:

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery 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: Ann Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6AA

Ann House provides a specialist provision with enhanced levels of support which allows people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks. The service ensures people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest. Ann House encourages people to be as independent as possible with the long‑term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.

What you will get:

• Annual base salary of £26,728 (40 hours)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely‑Vate; your one‑stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work‑life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Healthcare has 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.