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Healthcare Assistant
Healthcare Assistant (Eating Disorders) – Middlewood Clinic
Do you thrive in a caring role with ambition to grow in a supportive environment with real recognition for your impact? We’re recruiting an experienced and naturally compassionate Healthcare Assistant to make a tangible difference at Middlewood Clinic, Midhurst.
Are You the Right Fit?
- Do you love people who are in crisis?
- Do you find it fulfilling to help people recover from mental health challenges?
- Are you resilient yet empathetic, the kind of person who drives progress with pragmatic care?
If your values include kindness, teamwork, and dedication to others, we want to hear from you. Join our inclusive team at Middlewood Clinic, where your work has a measurable, life-changing impact—while you grow personally and professionally.
About the Clinic
Middlewood Clinic is a specialist private mental health facility based in Little Ashfield, Midhurst, West Sussex (GU29 9JP). Our dedicated multidisciplinary team provides intensive, recovery-focused care for individuals struggling with:
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Atypical Eating Disorders
With a holistic approach, we combine psychological treatment, nutrition support, and personalised recovery planning to help our patients restore a healthy relationship with food, regain a safe body weight, and wholistically address underlying psychological challenges.
The Environment
Our facility includes:
- 12 comfortable, ensuite bedrooms
- A range of communal spaces, including:
- Light, airy dining room
- Lounge areas
- Activities and therapy room
- Therapy kitchen
- Visitors’ room
- Beautiful, cottage-style garden
The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) at Middlewood Clinic comprises:
- Registered Manager
- Consultant Psychiatrist
- Trained Healthcare Assistants
- Psychologists
- Dietitians
- Occupational Therapists
- Social Workers
The culture is one of kindness, support, and collaboration. Whether a new Health Assistant or an experience HCAs, there’s opportunity to develop together with a team that succeeds only when our patients do.
The Healthcare Assistant Role
What drives your work?
You don’t just work with people in distress—you empower them to recover. With your expertise, you’ll advance their pathway through meaningful, personalised support and care.
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Your Core Responsibilities
You’ll be part of a dedicated team leading patients through some of the most critical moments of their recovery process:
- Performing ward rounds alongside nurses to assess patient status and adapt care accordingly
- Observing and analysing behaviours, noting patterns and collaborating with the team to inform tailored recovery adjustments
- Maintaining precise, documentation-friendly patient records, documenting care delivery, progress and challenges
- Providing comprehensive care and support, including:
- Assisting with hygiene (bathing, showering, dressing)
- Encouraging structured mealtimes and nutrition – critical in eating disorder recovery
- Supporting with emotional regulation techniques, through sympathetic listening and facilitating calming strategies
- Facilitating engagement with therapeutic activities, maintaining a safe, non-judgemental environment to the hospitality offer is intent, helping their patients stay present and resilient
- Joining regular team meetings and training to enhance your skillset, including nutrition support, safeguarding, and behaviour monitoring
- Upholding clinical standards of confidentiality, respect, and ethical practice in all interactions.
Key Challenges & Rewards
We know this is a demanding field. That’s why the responsibilities include essential qualities:
✔ Resilience – Managing stress with calmness under intense circumstances. ✔ Empathy – Bringing emotional intelligence to every interaction. ✔ Compassion – Understanding recovery is not straightforward; your empathy fuels every turn in progress. ✔ Acute vigilance and team-working – Instincts for safety, collaboration to foster strengths between you and our nurses and allied health professionals.
Compared to some placements in NHS, there’s less “paperwork pressure,” but knowing that your presence and specific tasks make real change for someone’s psychological and physical wellbeing? That’s the perk of this role.
What We Offer
You’re the hands that make Middlewood Clinic a healing environment. We value your dedication, so we invest in your growth and development.
As part of the Elysium Healthcare group – a servicing branch of Ramsay Health Care – you’ll join over 8,000+ strong and over 86,000 professionals globally who rely on our unwavering commitment to delivering exceptional care.
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Your Salary & Financial Benefits: £25,760 base + £1,200 location allowance = £26,960
General Employment Benefits:
- 33 days’ annual leave plus day off for your birthday (with the option to buy extra leave)
- Access to Ely-Vate, our exclusive discount platform with everything from retail and travel to tech and leisure
- Blue Light Card, unlocking national offers, discounts and services
- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme to help you plan for the future
Options to Develop:
- Career development support tailored to your goals
- Access to training opportunities, including mental health, dementia, and ADHD pathways
Specialised Support:
- 24/7 GP service and benefit of a second medical opinion (when needed)
- Wellbeing support for employees to excel both at work and at home
- Stream – no-frills instant wage access
- Enhanced Maternity Package for female Healthcare Assistants
Extra Perks at Midhurst:
Free meals are provided at the clinic to ensure your energy stays high, affirming Elysium Healthcare’s ethos of taking care of those who take care of others.
About Middlewood Clinic
- Specialist private eating disorder care facility
- 12 ensuite bedrooms with a private cottages feel
- A serene environment Portland-specific garden therapy, and tastefully designed communal areas
- Every team member pledges effectively to work together to advocate for open communication and safe recovery spaces
Join Our Team
We have confidence that experience places you in great stead. Join our mission to restore hope, challenge stigma, and change lives through recovery. Middlewood Clinic prioritises family choice, so you’ll be taking steps beyond government or NHS systems: providing a dedicated, patient-focused alternative, fully staffed (not solely reliant on temporary help).
Location & Hours
Midhurst, West Sussex, GU29 9JP – a 10-minute drive from the A285 and less than 30 minutes from Petersfield Station.
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Shift pattern: 12.5 hours per day, including nights and weekends across 3 to 4 shifts per week.
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