Assistant Practitioner (2853) Middlesbrough, England
| Salary: | GBP24000 - GBP24000 per annum + Benefits |
Are you an Assistant Practitioner looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you to develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck. Join our team in Middlesbrough and enjoy a £1000 welcome bonus!
As an Assistant Practitioner, you'll join the team at The Bridge Hospital working 37.5 hours per week (12.5 hour shifts), where you will change lives for the better.
Your career at Elysium will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.
It’s a career that you can take pride in and enjoy. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
What you will be doing
As an Assistant Practitioner, you will ensure people with neurological conditions receive high-quality care, while also supporting your colleagues and promote good teamwork.
No two days are the same, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated, but also a good amount of routine.
You will have access to the Elysium Wellbeing team, which is on hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities. Who doesn’t like a free massage at work?
With a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
There are also career development opportunities, with a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
Things that you will have:
• Associate Practitioner Qualification or equivalent
• Knowledge of nursing procedures and practices
• Significant experience of working in a relevant health or social care setting
• Tracheostomy’s cuffed and uncuffed
• Mechanical ventilation,
• Spinal Injury’s including Bowel care and Autonomic dysreflexia
• PEG feeding and care of a PEG tube
• Administering of Medication
• Continence care
• Stoma management
• Knowledge of Neurological Rehabilitation and brain injury
• Willing to undertake further advanced training such as ILS and respiratory management
The shift patterns include working nights and weekends, 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week.
Where you will be working
Location: Lower East Street, Middlehaven, Middlesbrough, TS2 1SW
You will be working at The Bridge, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team you will provide care and support for people with neurological illnesses, acquired brain and spinal cord injuries.
As a care centre, this service is a home from home offering en-suite accommodation and spacious communal areas with dedicated therapy spaces, where truly person-centred care is delivered and where each individual is at the heart of everything.
What you will get
• Annual salary of £24,000 (37.5 hours per week)
• £1000 Welcome Bonus
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Flexible working opportunities
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 70 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.