Healthcare Assistant

PLEASE NOTE - We are NOT offering Sponsorship and are unable to take overseas applications at this time

Cornerstone Healthcare is seeking an experienced, passionate, and committed Healthcare Assistant to join our award‑winning team at The Burren.

The Burren is a newly built, purpose-designed service in South Bristol, offering exceptional care and support to residents with complex neurological conditions, mental health needs, dementia, and recovery-based requirements. Our environment is safe, modern, and comfortable, and our care approach is tailored to each individual—focusing on the whole person, their strengths, and their unique challenges, rather than their diagnosis alone.

This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to grow and open new units!

Your Working Pattern

Total weekly hours: 38.5 (12‑hour shifts)

Day and night shifts are available. Whilst we will consider your preference, rotation and weekend work will be required.

• Adapting to varying workloads and demonstrating resilience and flexibility
• Monitoring resident progress and reporting any changes in condition or care needs
• Supporting all aspects of daily living, including personal care, mealtime assistance, meaningful engagement, and social activities
• Encouraging and enabling residents to maintain independence wherever possible
• Upholding residents’ rights to choice, dignity, privacy, and respect at all times
• Communicating effectively with colleagues and contributing to a positive team environment
• Assisting with the operational running of the service to ensure a clean, safe, and comfortable environment

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

*subject to terms and conditions

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.