Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

GuernseySalary From (£)
- £27900Salary To(£)
- £32400Job Reference
- UOA404/GYLocation
- GuernseySalary & Benefits
- Bonus, Relocation, Accommodation**AfC employees in Guernsey awarded a further 5.8% from the 1st January 2024.**

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**Applications are invited from enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants with a genuine committment to working with older people to join the comprehensive service on the beautiful **Island of Guernsey**, in the Channel Islands.**
The Older Adult Service has a four in-patient centres; including an assessment ward through to the later stages of an individual’s experience of dementia, as well as Community Day Services.

**Please note that Staff Accommodation is not offered for this role, although there is a housing permit and option for private rented accommodation available.**

Please note; Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but have applied their own salary scales.
The Guernsey Band 3 salary range from 1st Jan is £27,950 to £30,926 plus an annual bonus of £1,605 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 40% evening/Saturday and 80% Sunday/BH.

The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of Britain’s finest and best-kept beaches, an especially mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbour town in St. Peter’s Port, the island’s capital.

The States of Guernsey delivers a diverse range of healthcare services within the hospital, and supporting people in the wider community.
They have recently launched their Island-wide Dementia Framework; striving to make the island Dementia Friendly so that their older population feel valued and are treated with the dignity and respect that they so rightly deserve.
All of this is reliant on the excellent calibre of Mental Health staff recruited to a very high standard.
- Person requirements:

- **At least 12 months relevant experience in an Older Persons**
**setting.**

**Completion of NVQ3 or equivalent.**

**Passionate about working with older people who display complex behaviours that challenge.**

**The desire to work in a team and organisation committed to person-centred care and giving you time to care.**

The benefits of working for the States of Guernsey include:

- A higher-than-UK salary.
- An annual bonus of £1,605
- A flat rate 20% income tax.
- No Council tax or VAT
- A relocation payment of £5,000*
- A generous allowance for private rental accommodation*
- A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low.- Full T&C in relocation directive

We are a leading healthcare recruitment partner with particular expertise in the placement of the full range of Healthcare staff.
As a nurse-led consultancy, our detailed understanding of the complexity of such roles places us in an excellent position to match your skills with the specific requirements of our Recruiting Managers.

**If this role is not for you, please remember we offer a generous £500 Bonus for any successful friend or colleague referrals.