Health Care Assistants – Full Time & Part Time
£500 Joining Bonus + £50 Amazon Voucher
It’s not just our resident’s health needs you’ll help meet.
You’ll also help them to get more out of life – to be more independent, to enjoy a wider range of activities, and, above all, to have more choice in their day to day life.
Working closely with your Team Leader and our nurses, you’ll lend a hand with everything from helping someone get ready for an eagerly anticipated family visit, to supporting someone who’s trying to build up their mobility.
Whether you’re assisting a nurse, getting involved with a daily activity, filling in vital paperwork or lending someone a hand to eat their lunch, you’ll make all the residents you care for feel safecomfortable and secure. In other words, you’ll make them feel right at home.
About You
We’re looking for kind and caring people who want a job where they can really make a difference to people’s lives.
You’ll also need:
·Previous experience working in a Care Home environment is desirable but not essential
·A committed and organised approach
·A willingness to work some early evenings and some weekends
If this sounds like you, and you want a rewarding job giving the best quality of care that you’d expect for your loved ones, we can offer you a great package.
The Benefits
·A competitive salary with leading enhancements
·Training support and development opportunities
·Excellent holiday allowance
·Fully funded training
·Free DBS check
·A range of engagements from permanent full time to part time hours
·NEST Pension
·Long service reward scheme
·Career development plan
Duties
As a Health Care Assistant, you will be assisting and supporting people to live the most independent lives they can.
You will be responsible for a range of duties that will vary from patient to patient depending on their personal care plan.
These duties might include, assistance with taking medication, personal care, meal times, shopping and domestic duties.
More than this, you will be there to enable them to live their most independent lives and you can be the difference between a good day and a bad day.
Our teams work in a COVID secure environment, taking every precaution to protect colleagues and clients.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
·To work within legal framework and the organisational policies & procedures
·To promote the organisations Aims & Objectives and Philosophy of care
·Support the needs of the individual by delivering person centred care which is evidenced & researched based, upholding resident’s rights and actively endorsing core values.
·To work within agreed competencies under the supervision of the RN in charge
CARE AND SUPPORT
·Support the needs of the individual residents by delivering person centred care
·Assist in the admission of new residents into the Home.
·Attend bi-monthly care review meetings of named residents
·Contribute to written risk assessments and care plans of residents ensuring that person centred care plans are followed.
·Promote independence of the residents through encouragement of active participation in all activities of daily living, according to their needs
·Ensure all opportunities for individuals to be engaged in meaningful activities are maximised
·Assist the activity coordinator with the provision of meaningful activities as per social care plan.
·Maintain confidentiality at all times
·Take all reasonable steps to ensure safeguarding of vulnerable adults from abuse. Report suspected or disclosed abuse to Senior Manager
·Undertake personal care as evidenced in residents care plan
·Serve meals and assist residents to eat and drink when necessary. Inform kitchen staff of any variations to dietary requirements
·Assist with the laundering of bed linen and personal clothing
·Ensure nursing equipment is kept in a clean condition
·Be aware of the General Data Protection Regulations 2018, Data Protection Act 1998 and 2003 ensuring that all resident data handled by staff is dealt with in a private and confidential manner.