Healthcare Assistant

The Priory; Leyland; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking full-time Healthcare Assistants in Leyland to join their compassionate team. The role involves mixed day and night shifts focused on patient wellbeing and support, requiring excellent interpersonal skills and empathy. Ideal candidates are encouraged to have, though not required, healthcare qualifications. The position offers a competitive annual salary of £25,810.79 and a variety of benefits including training opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Birthday holiday

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Natural empathy to support others in various situations.
• Resilience and ability to handle challenging situations.
• Capacity to anticipate and respond to challenges.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of patients and report issues.
• Provide patient interventions as directed by a Registered Nurse.
• Assist in maintaining cleanliness and tidiness in the ward.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Empathy

Ability to work as part of a team

Understanding policies and procedures

Verbal and written English proficiency

Education

Healthcare qualification

Job description

Priory Stockton Hall is looking to recruit a number of Healthcare Assistants to join their team. These are full‑time roles – 32.25 or 37.5 hours per week.

Annual Salary: £25,810.79 / Hourly Pay rate: £13.20

This role includes a mix of day and night shifts
Weekend & Bank holiday work included.

Day Shifts – 7:25 am – 7:45 pm / Night shifts – 7:25 pm – 7:45 am

The rota will be 3 months of day shifts and 1 month of night shifts.

A healthcare qualification or experience is desirable but not essential. We are also looking for individuals with transferable skills from customer-facing roles or recent graduates who have completed their studies in a relevant field. We seek individuals who display the right values and behaviours to make a positive difference in people's lives.

Si ery interested in forensics or psychology, Stockton Hall offers excellent hands‑on experience in these fields. There's also a wealth of learning and development opportunities available, along with promising career pathways. It's a great place to grow and deepen your understanding within mental health and forensic.

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.

What you'll be doing

You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our patients' wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. As a Healthcare Assistant, you will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of patients.

• Observe and monitor the wellbeing of patients, ensuring any unusual physical, mental or emotional occurrences are promptly referred to senior staff/the primary nurse and documented as appropriate.
• Provide specific interventions with patients as delegated by a Registered Nurse, following training and competency attainment. Such interventions include observation and engagement with patients, escorting patients on leave, and being involved in de‑escalation and management of violence and aggression.
• Contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in regular ward meetings and attend other meetings as requested.
• Assist in the maintenance of stock levels, including pharmaceutical products.
• Assist in the maintenance of ward cleanliness and tidiness and adhere to infection control policy and procedures at all times.
• Develop and maintain a good professional relationship with patients, colleagues, and visitors, responding promptly and courteously to requests and enquiries.
• Help promote and maintain an environment conducive to meeting the needs of the patient and carers.
• Ensure service users are gaining a quality service that is value for their money.
• Receive and convey information from telephone or personal enquiries in a courteous manner and ensure all persons visiting the ward are greeted and assisted in a welcoming and supportive manner.

What you'll bring to the role

Our work is rewarding but can be challenging, so resilience is key. No two days are the same! Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and a caring nature.
• Empathy, understanding and patience.
• Ability to work on your own and as part of a team.
• Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures.
• Ability to anticipate and respond to challenges.
• Competent in verbal and written English.
• A healthcare qualification is desirable, but not essential.

To be considered for this role, we require you to have the right to work in the UK.

What we will give you in return

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

Healthcare benefits

• Free on‑site parking.
• Supplemented meals.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Birthday Holiday – your birthday as an extra day annual leave.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes – gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare.
• Access to development opportunities.
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel.
• Leadership & management development.
• Long service award.
• Refer a friend bonuses.

Company Description

Priory Adult Care is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate. With community‑based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader‑Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge. We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need.

At Priory, you'll have the opportunity to be part of something special. A close‑knit, supportive and diverse team who help to make a real difference to people' lives.

We offer full training and numerous pathways into senior and leadership positions to help you shape your career with us.

Our roles can be full or part time with a variety of shift patterns available, including weekdays and weekends.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland, and the cost of this will be covered by Priory.

We are an equal opportunities employer.