Bramacare

If you’re considering a career with us you will be joining our specialist team who support people with eating disorders after they leave hospital and ensure their recovery and their safe transition to living independently.

Our nursing and residential living accommodation sites are based in Ipswich, Suffolk in the East of England, but we do welcome referrals from across the UK.

"Thanks to your efforts, you have given me a chance to live life and enjoy it too. I have gained confidence in myself and my abilities."

Laura, Suffolk

Many of our patients have been in NHS care for many years and have had no social interaction or experience of living independently during that time. Our goal is to deliver rehabilitation and support to prevent service users from falling back into unhealthy habits and routines.

We provide person-centred care for each of our service users. We are knowledgeable about eating disorders and, as well as providing care and support to each service user, our staff are able to share and communicate their knowledge with families and other healthcare professionals and our partner agencies (NHS Trusts, and other referring bodies).

Our services bring together teams of health and social care professionals - nurses, GP, occupational therapists, healthcare assistants and a psychologist.

Bramacare Nursing jobs & pay

Each service user is appointed a Key Nurse. Within your nursing job it will be your duty to work with an individual to design and develop their own person-centred care plan. You’ll be expected to deliver an integrated and holistic approach to their treatment.

Our nurses (we have RMN jobs and RGN jobs) assess the needs of service users, plan, implement and evaluate the care given to a group of clients experiencing medical and mental health problems.

As a registered nurse with Bramacare you’ll lead patient feedback, ensure CPA and HONOS is monitored, and that good communication with your team members and the registered care manager is carried out.

Nursing job pay guide
A Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse job in Ipswich working for Bramacare was advertised as paying £25 per hour in September 2024.

Bramacare Occupational Therapist jobs & pay

Our occupational therapists provide comprehensive initial occupational therapy assessments to support service user care plans.

OTs at Bramacare assist in designing and delivering tailored plan for each individual. They plan and review ongoing occupational therapy treatment programmes and mental health assessments to support services' recovery.

As an OT with Bramacare you’ll be working collaboratively with your Patient Care Team colleagues in the planning and delivery of service user treatment programmes.

Occupational Therapist job pay guide
An Occupational Therapist in Mental Health job in Ipswich working for Bramacare was advertised as paying £35,000 per year in September 2024.

Bramacare Healthcare Assistant (HCA) jobs & pay

Our HCAs enjoy working independently and taking on responsibilities. HCAs at Bramacare require an NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social care, or equivalent, and experience of working in mental health or in a hospital.

HCAs carry out holistic assessments and support plans, and provide the support to help service users achieve personal goals. You’ll work also with their family members and statutory agencies.

This is a job where you will enjoy a great degree of social interaction and the satisfaction of working to goals as a team. You will live our dynamic and diverse working environment in a ‘can-do’ environment.

Healthcare Assistant job pay guide
A Bank Healthcare Assistant job in Ipswich working for Bramacare was advertised as paying £12 per hour in September 2024.

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Bramacare employee benefits

● Competitive salary

● Contributive pension scheme

● Free meals and refreshments when working

● Free car parking

Why you should choose a career with Bramacare

Bramacare provides employees with an exciting environment that provides inpatient care to acutely unwell adults. All staff work as part of a multidisciplinary team who share knowledge and experience.

Patient-to-staff ratio

Our homes are composed of small teams. So you will enjoy the intimacy of care that you’ll be providing.

Patient understanding

Many of our service users are with us for a long time. This means you will be able to get to know them well, and have the satisfaction of witnessing their progress as a result of the care you provide.

Autonomy and impact

Teams work to agreed short to medium term and long term objectives derived from the clinical services plan. Within this plan team members can enjoy a good degree of autonomy and see the positive impact of their effort and skills.

Career development at Bramacare

We believe strongly in supporting all staff with good experiential learning, regular supervision, access to training and a continuous programme of professional development.

We have a strong focus on staff well-being and support and invest in our workforce to provide work-place stability, consistency and a healthy, safe professional group.

You will be given training to help you further your understanding of the disorders you are helping people overcome.

We provide Service Specific Training to cover education around eating disorders and disordered eating. External professionals are invited in to bring fresh ideas from psychologists, dieticians, pharmacists and medical officers.

It is the intention of Bramacare that staff will receive training to deal with any specific conditions or disorders within the house to enable a high quality of care provision to all service users, and to support staff in their own personal development.

It is our commitment to offer minimum NVQ2 training to all our support staff, practitioner courses to our clinical staff, minimum NVQ4 to our administrative staff and minimum NVQ5 to our management staff.

Support and wellbeing

The wellbeing and professional career of our staff members is monitored with a quarterly service review called ‘Professional Quality of Life Scale’.

A staff survey is designed to measure stress levels and wellbeing at work. In addition to that survey, all staff members are provided with the FSP04 survey (from QCS) which measures the outcomes of their opinion in the same five areas that CQC carries out its inspections: is the service safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led.

Employees are provided with annual appraisals with the Registered Care Manager. We provide clinical supervision groups every eight weeks with the psychologist and 1:1 supervision on a monthly basis with the Registered Care Manager.

Awards

We're an award winner! We're thrilled to be recognised by Global Health & Pharma (GHP) as 'Most Trusted Provider' for our specialist eating disorder care for adults in Suffolk.

“We are thrilled to be recognised by GHP as a specialist care provider. It’s a huge accolade for the whole team and the work we do to support adults towards eating disorder recovery.”

Laetitia Beaujard-Ramoo, Director at Bramacare

Bramacare were named ‘Most Trusted Specialist Care Provider for Eating Disorders 2023 – Suffolk’, based on a range of judges’ criteria including its range of specialist services, innovative care approach, testimonials from service users, range of extracurricular activities on offer, and strong community involvement. GHP also assesses a company’s digital presence and news articles, as an indicator of their active engagement with its audiences.