# Healthcare Assistant (HCA)

**Company**: Ellern Mede Group
**Location**: Barnet
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £14 an hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Ellern Mede Barnet is looking for enthusiastic and dedicated healthcare assistants to join the team. As a healthcare assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting patients through some of the most challenging moments of their lives. Your empathy, consistency, and determination will help create a safe and therapeutic environment where recovery becomes possible.

**Main duties of the job**

- Building positive, therapeutic relationships with patients

- Supporting young people with their daily care and treatment plans

- Monitoring wellbeing and recording observations accurately

- Assisting with documentation and care planning

- Supporting patients during times of emotional distress

- Working collaboratively with colleagues, families, and external professionals

- Carrying out delegated clinical duties under the supervision of the Nurse in Charge

- Engaging fully with ongoing training and development

**About us** Ellern Mede is a leading specialist mental healthcare provider, offering tailored care for individuals of all ages. With over 25 years of dedicated service, Ellern Mede is recognised for its positive outcomes and ability to provide personalised care for individuals with severe and complex mental health needs.

**Benefits**

- Permanent contract

- Full-time position

- £14 an hour

**Requirements**

- Experience working in a healthcare, social care, or education setting

- Basic understanding of mental health and safeguarding principles

- Compassionate, patient, and resilient; able to maintain professional boundaries

- GCSE (or equivalent) in English and Math

## Skills

### Required
- mental health
- safeguarding
- communication
- emotional support

### Nice to have
- Full UK Driving licence
- qualification in Health and Social care
- experience supporting individuals with mental health needs, learning disabilities, or autism

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