# Health Care Assistant

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Newbury, Berkshire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full-time
**Salary**: £26300
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Newbury has an opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team. Priory Hospital Newbury, Berkshire is a level 2 rehabilitation service supporting adult males with mental health needs, working towards community reintegration.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

- Assist 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.

- Provide practical support and responsive care to patients who require assistance with intimate personal needs such as dressing, bathing and toileting activities.

- Observe and monitor the wellbeing of patients, ensuring that 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, and following training and competency attainment.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise Essential for the role:

- Educated to a minimum NVQ 1 or GCSE's in Mathematics and English.

- Understands the need for strict confidentiality.

- Basic IT literacy.

Benefits:

- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra day's annual leave.

- Enhanced maternity pay.

- Contributory pension scheme.

- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology and Healthcare Cash Plan.

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- NVQ 1
- GCSE's in Mathematics and English
- Basic IT literacy
- confidentiality

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