Be the difference in your patients lives!
As a Care Assistant, you will be responsible for assisting the nursing and other care staff to implement the care plans of our discharge to access and dementia patients at Schoen Clinic York. The nursing staff will decide the detailed care plans in conjunction with best practice (e.g., NICE guidelines), and the Care Assistants will participate in the development and implementation of daily activities to support the care plans.
Here are some of the key things you'll be responsible for:
Support service users with activities of daily living including mealtimes, continence support, dressing, personal care.
Work within the Health and Safety policies in accordance with Schoen Clinic guidelines;
Demonstrate awareness of safeguarding principles in all dealings with service users and their families
Complete all relevant paperwork as required and without delay, including reporting incidents where appropriate.
Provide compassionate and quality led care during activities.
Benefits
You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):
25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Paid emergency leave
Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us
Contributory pension scheme with Royal London
Enhanced Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.
Dental Cover
Recognition schemes for employees
Eye care scheme with Specsavers
Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts
Winter flu jabs
EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns
Skills & requirements The successful candidate will have a good standard of education, with an NVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent length of experience and be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills.
Working within a healthcare setting is essential however working within dementia is not as we will provide you with a full robust induction. You must also have an understanding of the mental health act, mental capacity act, safeguarding of patients and human rights.
About your future team Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based on our five key values:
Accountable: Taking ownership of the things I say and do
Caring: Treating others as I would like to be treated
Collaborative: Working together to make a winning team
Courageous: Being proud to be different and challenge the norm
Determined: Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations
Schoen Clinic York is a highly specialised Hospital for adults in the North of England. We are currently based on the ground floor of Minster Grange as an eating disorder hospital, and in September 2024 we expanded to cover the full building with other service lines including Dementia care and Discharge to Access. We are situated just off Haxby Road which is 10 minutes drive from York Train Station and 4 miles from the A64.
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