PLEASE NOTE - We are NOT offering sponsorship and are unable to take overseas applications at this time.
Cornerstone Healthcare is seeking experienced, compassionate, and dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our award-winning team at The Burren.
The Burren is a newly built, purpose-designed service in South Bristol that specialises in supporting individuals with complex neurological conditions, complex dementia, mental health needs, and rehabilitation and recovery-focused requirements. We provide person-centred care that focuses on each resident's abilities, goals, and potential, helping them achieve the highest level of independence and quality of life possible.
This is an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Assistants who are passionate about rehabilitation, mental health support, complex dementia care, and case management, and who want to make a meaningful difference within a specialist environment.
Join us at an exciting time as we continue to expand and open new units.
What You’ll Bring
- At least 12 months' experience supporting individuals with complex dementia, mental health conditions, neurological conditions, or acquired brain injuries (essential)
- At least 12 months' experience working within rehabilitation, hospital discharge, recovery, or case management settings (essential)
- Experience supporting residents with behaviours that may challenge
- Knowledge of person-centred and recovery-focused approaches
- Understanding of multidisciplinary working and rehabilitation pathways
- Strong observation skills and confidence monitoring and reporting progress
- Emotional resilience and the ability to remain calm in challenging situations
- A caring, compassionate, and patient-centred approach
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- A positive, team-focused attitude and commitment to delivering outstanding care
Your Working Pattern
38.5 hours per week (12-hour shifts)
- 3 shifts one week, 4 shifts the following week
- Day shifts: 07:45 – 19:45
- Night shifts: 19:45 – 07:45
Both day and night positions are available. Whilst we will consider your preference, rotation and weekend working will be required. Breaks are unpaid.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Healthcare Assistant at The Burren, you will:
- Support residents with complex dementia, mental health needs, neurological conditions, and rehabilitation goals
- Work alongside nurses, therapists, and the wider multidisciplinary team to implement care and rehabilitation plans
- Observe, monitor, and accurately report changes in residents' physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing
- Provide high-quality personal care, mealtime support, and assistance with daily living activities
Build trusting relationships with residents, recognising individual triggers, preferences, life histories, and communication styles
Support residents experiencing confusion, distress, anxiety, low mood, trauma-related behaviours, or changes in mental wellbeing
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to ongoing case management and care planning processes
- Promote dignity, choice, privacy, and respect at all times
Benefits package worth up to £5,000 (T&C's apply)
Because great care starts with feeling cared for. We offer a Healthcare Assistant benefits package worth up to £5,000!
- We are a Living Wage employer!
- Access to Blue Light card - over 13,000 discounts
- Monthly overtime raffle, receive a ticket for each overtime shift completed and the winner will receive an additional £200 in their pay packet
- Subsidised lunch available daily
- Free uniform laundered for you on site ready for your next shift
- Refer a friend scheme – up to £1,000
- Enhanced pay rates for overtime and bank holidays
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced DBS fully covered by us and automatically added to the update service
- Specialist training, beyond the mandatory training requirements
- Paid for e-learning training
- Reward and recognition through vouchers and cash incentives for Christmas and long service
- Paid for company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Healthcare cash plan worth up to £700* including dentistry, optical plus access to a 24/7 employee assistance programme offering psychological support to staff to avoid stress and burn out, meaning everyone is able to focus on caring for our residents
Care Home / Healthcare / Elderly Care / Nursing Home / Dementia / HCA / Healthcare Assistant / Carer / Care Worker / Support Worker / Care Giver / Complex / Senior Carer / Senior HCA / Full Time
Cornerstone Healthcare Group are a multi award-winning, sector leader with an innovative approach to complex care
Cornerstone specialise in supporting adults of all ages with complex neurological, physical, and mental health needs.
Residents are typically living with neurological degenerative conditions, such as dementia with an underlying mental health condition, and as such are vulnerable and at times prone to challenging behaviours associated with complex conditions. Many have been unable to stay in other settings because their needs have been deemed too high or too challenging.
Operating well-established homes in Waterlooville and Curdridge in Hampshire and Mytchett in Surrey, as well as a new state-of-the-art ‘eco’ home in Bristol, the Group has built a reputation for delivering consistently high standards of care, focusing on the individual journey of each resident.
At Cornerstone, the expert clinical care skills and approach of the team mean that people with the most complex needs can find a place to call home.
