Bank Support Worker

This is a temporary Bank Support Worker role at Elysium Healthcare's Wellesley Hospital in Wellington, Somerset. The role involves providing care and support to people with mental health conditions, with opportunities for flexible working and access to a range of benefits. Elysium Healthcare is a large, established healthcare provider with over 90 services across England and Wales.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Support Worker, you will join a team delivering care and support to people with mental health conditions at the Wellesley Hospital. The role involves utilizing your experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker or Care Worker to help service users lead a valued and fulfilled life. You will need a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance to work in this challenging but rewarding environment. The service operates 24/7 with 12.5 hour shifts, and as a Bank worker on a zero-hour contract, you'll have the freedom to choose which shifts you want to work each week.

Job responsibilities

Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker wanting control and flexibility to work the shifts you want?

Whether you’re looking for extra shifts to boost your income or a flexible job that fits around your lifestyle, if you’re an experienced Support Worker in the UK you can join our staff bank and, after completing a paid two-week induction, you’ll have access to available shifts at Wellesley Hospital in Wellington, plus the potential future option to work bank shifts regionally at other Elysium services across the region.

There is no minimum number of hours that you need to work, although it is recommended to work as often as you can to ensure your induction knowledge and familiarity with the service is retained.

Weekdays, nights and weekend shifts are regularly available, which are easy to view and book through an app. Within a few taps you’ll have the shifts at Wellesley Hospital secured that you want.

Whether your experience is from the NHS or private sector, you can join the team as a Bank Healthcare Assistant with an hourly rate that includes a 12.07% uplift to cover annual leave, plus have access to a range of benefits including free meals on duty, free parking and more.

What you will be doing

You will join the team that works well together to provide care for people with mental health conditions. Whether you are currently a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker or Care Worker, you will utilise your experience to support people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.

It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week because of you.

With Elysium, you’ll get to experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like as you make a real difference to some of the most vulnerable people in society, with plenty to keep you engaged and motivated as you’re rewarded and enjoy a fulfilling nursing role.

The service operates 24/7 with 12.5 hour standard shifts. As a Healthcare Assistant on our bank you’ll be on a zero hour contract, giving you the freedom to choose which shifts you want to work each week.

Where you will be working

Location: Westpark 26, Wellington, Somerset TA21 9FF

Wellesley Hospital is a purpose built 73 bed hospital in the South West for men and women with mental health problems. On the same site there is a separate 13 bed service for people with a learning disability who may present with mental illness, personality disorders and an autistic spectrum condition.

What you will get

• An hourly rate of £13.50 (Including 12.07% Holiday Allowance Uplift)
• Weekly pay!
• Two-week paid induction
• App access to book shifts easily and quickly
• Free meals and parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You should have experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker or Care Worker, either in the NHS or private sector.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.