Care Assistant

City and County Healthcare Group Ltd; Darwen; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community healthcare provider in Darwen is looking for a Complex Care Assistant. In this role, you'll support clients with conditions such as spinal cord injury and muscular dystrophy in their homes. While experience in care isn’t required, compassion and resilience are crucial, as you will receive full nurse-led training. This position offers a varied and rewarding environment where you can truly make a difference in clients' lives.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• Experience in care is not required; care, compassion, and resilience are essential.
• Full nurse-led training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with complex needs in their homes.
• Manage ventilator, PEG feeds, medication, and mobility for a paediatric client.

Skills

Care

Compassion

Resilience

Job description

Shifts Available: Waking NIghts Sun - Thu 9pm to 7am

Advantage Healthcare Limited is part of City & County Healthcare Group, one of the largest community healthcare providers. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.

What you’ll get

• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Paid annual leave
• Refer a friend scheme
• Enhanced DBS check

Job Description

What you'll do

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 enhance 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 in 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.

Our paediatric client needs support to live in their own home due to a congenital condition, you will help manage their Ventilator, PEG feeds, medication and mobility, support them to be independent where possible and interact with rest of their family members.

Qualifications

What you'll need

Experience in care is not a requirement for this position. Just plenty of care, compassion and resilience, as we provide full nurse-led training.

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country, and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.