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Mental Healthcare Assistant / Support Worker

Employer
Priory Group
Location
Hassocks, West Sussex
Salary
Competitive salary
Closing date
22 Jan 2021

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Burgess Hill Hospitalis located in beautiful West Sussex and offers the opportunity to gain experience across many specialist mental health disciplines including Secure Services, a DBT Locked Rehabilitation service, PICU Services and Acute care.

Priory Hospital Burgess Hill is located in beautiful West Sussex and offers the opportunity to gain experience across many specialist mental health disciplines including Secure Services, a DBT Locked Rehabilitation service, HDU Services and Acute care.

There is no better time to get into healthcare than now!
Are you feeling uncertain about job security? Perhaps recent job hunting hasn't landed the job you want due to a lack of industry experience...
What if you could build a career in an industry that provides full training, requires no prior experience and leaves you with a genuine sense of achievement and reward knowing that you've made a huge positive impact on someone's life?
If that sounds like you, this could just be the job for you!

Priory Hospital Burgess Hill are recruiting for Healthcare Assistants now! We are looking for enthusiastic, caring and passionate people to become an integral part of the healthcare team. In this role, you will be the first line of support for our patients and be responsible for providing compassionate care during your time with them.

No experience in healthcare? Do not worry; At Priory, we are immensely proud of the career pathway and training we provide and as long as you show the characteristics needed

for a role in care, we will give you all the training and support you need to become a competent healthcare professional. You will also be working alongside qualified nurses and medical professionals to help guide you day-to-day.

Although we don't require any prior healthcare experience, there are a few characteristics you will need to be successful in this role:
Resilience - This is a role working with vulnerable patients who can have varying degrees of mental health difficulties, so there will be days where your resilience is challenged, this is why it's so important to have a team ethos in our Hospitals.
Excellent Communication Skills - Communicating with patients and staff is vital to understand the needs of the patients and relay any information to the nurses and medical professionals.
Organisational Skills - You'll need to be comfortable documenting information and be organised in your approach.

Care and Compassion - Our patients require the best care and compassion we can offer, if you are a naturally caring person, this is a role for you.
Attentive - No patient is the same and so being attentive to understand them and identify areas we can support is key.
Here is what we will give you:
• A competitive salary
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
• An extra annual leave day for your birthday! (we don't think anyone should work on their birthday)
• Ongoing Training
• Access to Priory apprenticeships
• Free Parking
• Access to our spend and save benefits platform 'Priory Perks'
• Contributory pension

Above all, we provide a supportive working environment where you can flourish in your career and feel incredibly rewarded by helping those who need it most.

If you want Healthcare to be a 'job for life' The Priory Group will help you there.

About us
From education to hospitals, care homes and secure facilities, the Priory Group of Companies offers individually tailored, multidisciplinary treatment programmes for those with complex educational needs or requiring acute, long-term and respite mental healthcare.

The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group.

As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes.
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.We are an equal opportunities employer.

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