Health Care Assistant - Life Works Woking

Healthcare Assistant

Do you want to work with the leading provider of independent healthcare in the UK?

Do you have experience within a mental health setting?

Are you able to work in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same?

Bank Partners are proud to be working with the Priory who are looking for a Healthcare Assistant/HCA to join their experienced team at Life Works, Old Woking, Surrey. The hospital boasts a GOOD CQC rating in all 5 areas with beautifully landscaped walled gardens in a peaceful and tranquil location.

The ideal healthcare assistant will have a minimum of six months of experience working in a mental health facility and a strong commitment to helping patients at all times. Assisting patients with medicine administration, you'll be able to accurately document patient observations for the senior nurses. In order to help patients proceed towards recovery, healthcare assistants play a crucial role. As a result, you must communicate with patients in a friendly and caring manner.

Priory recognises its employees' dedication to the task by providing generous benefits.

  • Free onsite parking
  • Significantly subsidised lunches 
  • Shifts available in advance
  • RRIT training supplied
  • Free onsite parking
  • A small and welcoming crew 
  • Dedicated reservations staff 
  • Onsite gym

Your everyday responsibilities will entail

  • Supervising nurse observations and aiding with patient care·
  • Being patient-centered and concerned about their well-being
  • Assisting patients during mealtimes, daily activities, and support groups
  • Support with patients’ daily notes and discharge notes

What qualifies you to be good fit

  • Health care assistant experience is desired but not essential
  • Mental health experience preferred
  • Great communication skills
  • Compassionate, understanding, and supportive to our patients needs
  • Experience working within a mental health setting desirable but not essential as an induction will be provided

Bank Partners is an employment agency/employment business (as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003) and is acting on behalf of its client in relation to this vacancy.