Bank Healthcare Assistant - Darlington, United Kingdom - Priory Healthcare

Priory Healthcare

Verified Company

Darlington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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_Ready for the recognition __and rewards you deserve?_**:

We don't just talk about putting employees first. We know that Priory wouldn't exist without their combined energy, expertise and effort. So we invest heavily in training, provide first-class support, promote collaborative teamwork and give everyone on our team the opportunities and resources to achieve their full potential.

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***: The Priory Hospital Middleton St George is located close to Darlington, County Durham and provides individualised treatment and care for people with mental health needs of adult working age and who present with complex and challenging behaviours, in a safe and supportive environment. Our comprehensive integrated services offer complete care pathways allowing service users to transfer effortlessly between the most appropriate care, meeting individual needs enabling recovery and re-engagement within the community and maximising life opportunities.

Our multi-disciplinary teams provide care for up to 73 male and female service users, working collaboratively with their commissioners, across our wards and our nearby community house.

We deliver acute and detoxification services, and a recovery and rehabilitation environment which includes a specialist female Personality Disorder service.

Our focus is on the delivery of excellent care, empowering service users to progress towards the least restrictive setting and towards a less restrictive environment and to independent living.

Our service users can be amongst the most vulnerable members of society and require sensitive therapeutic interventions that encourage self-awareness, knowledge and empowerment.

We offer services for those with a wide range of mental health issues which may include:

Personality disorder with complex treatment and risk management needs, including factors such as comorbid mental illness, selfharm or substance misuse
Mental illness and complex needs
Primary diagnosis of schizophrenia
Forensic history, including violence or abuse
Substance abuse history which requires an inpatient stay

We are looking to recruit personable, flexible and motivated Health Care Assistants to support our qualified staff with the delivery of care to our patients.

You will be involved in the personal care and meeting the psychological needs of a diverse group of service users with varying degrees of mental and physical issues.

You will be caring and attentive with the skills to build strong and trusting relationships with people.

It is also important that you work well in a team as you will work alongside qualified nurses and staff from other professions.

What we'd like from you

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