Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Advantage Healthcare as a Complex Care Assistant, supporting clients with complex healthcare needs in various settings. Enjoy a supportive team, extensive training in specialized areas, and numerous employee benefits while making a difference in the lives of those you care for.

Benefits

Enhanced occupational maternity and adoption pay

Enhanced occupational paternity pay entitlement

Death in Service Payment

Benefits and Well-being Platform

28 days annual leave (pro rata)

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a friend scheme – earn £300 per referral

Blue Light Card eligibility – exclusive staff discounts

Paid training

Self-development – progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but not mandatory.
• Compassionate, resilient, and eager to learn personalities are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex care with full training and clinical support.
• Support clients with diverse conditions including spinal cord injuries and muscular dystrophy.
• Facilitate daily living and ensure clients' well-being.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Willingness to learn

Job description

Shifts: Various days and night shifts available, 12-hour shifts

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

Advantage Healthcare, part of the City & County Healthcare Group - one of the UK’s leading health and social care providers - is on the lookout for Complex Care Assistants to support children/clients with complex healthcare needs in the Basingstoke area. But we're not just filling a role. We’re creating something bigger - and we want the right people to be part of it from the very start. At Advantage, we're changing the traditional hiring process: instead of winning work and then recruiting, we’re building our team first. This way, we can work together on the right things from day one.

Benefits for our Complex Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Enhanced occupationalmaternity and adoption pay
• Enhanced occupationalpaternity pay entitlement
• Death in Service Payment
• Benefits andWell-being Platform
• 28 days annual leave(pro rata)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Refer a friend scheme– earn £300 per referral!
• Blue Light Cardeligibility – exclusive staff discounts at big brands for you
• Paid training
• Self-development– progression opportunities
• Access to ourin-house app
• Work for thelargest care companyin the UK!
• Book an interview at atime and date that suits you!

Job Description

Complex Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and improve skills in various complex areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care plus so much more! We care for and support people of all ages, in the community, and their homes, with Spinal Cord injury, Muscular dystrophy, acquired brain injuries and many other complex needs. Every day will be different. And you’ll never know what challenges you’re about to face next. One thing you can be sure of though, is that you’ll be making your clients’ days brighter, whilst developing your skills and knowledge.

Qualifications

Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirement

Previous experience in a care assistant role is useful but otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We see extraordinary achievements happen every day thanks to the talent and commitment of our people. We want to transform the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech, and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have the size and success to offer you a world of career opportunity, choice, and security. Join us on our journey and continue yours.

City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer.