Healthcare Assistant

• Job Ref: HEES67
• Specialty: Care support worker
• Job Type: Community
• Hourly Rate: Up to £21.50 per hour

Essex

Northern Ireland Care Home Group

Up to £21.50 per hour

Weekly Pay

Job Title: Healthcare Assistant 

Location: Essex

Shift: Day and night shifts required

Pay: Up to £21.50/hr

Job Description:

Looking for care assistant who can work with individuals who require care demands patience and understanding. You may find that tasks take longer than usual or that patients may be feeling low or upset, and these attributes will be paramount in these situations.

Roles and responsibilities:

·       Providing personal care, such as washing, dressing, eating and toileting

·       Assisting with mobility, lifting, transferring and movement of clients - you need a moving and handling qualification

·       Monitoring clients' condition, such as pulse and temperature

·       Assisting with medication management and administration

·       Working with other care professionals to create and implement care and development plans

·       Accompanying clients to medical appointments

·       Providing specialist care for complex conditions

·       Shifts available include: Weekend Day or Night (£12 p/h); Bank Holiday Day or Night (£21.50 p/h); Sleep in (£55 for the shift)

Training requirements: 

·       Manual handling - use of hoists, slings and profile bed

·       Food Safety Level 2

·       Epilepsy

Please note that if you do not meet the training requirements, we can provide you with subsidised training courses