Care Assistant

Care By Us Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Complex Care Assistant, supporting clients with complex needs. This role offers the chance to enhance your skills while making a positive impact on clients' lives. Responsibilities include managing clinical needs and personal care for a gentleman with a spinal injury. We provide extensive career opportunities and celebrate our staff's achievements.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for clients with PEG feeds.
• Experience in adult healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring clinical needs, including suctioning and ventilation.
• Managing bowel care and performing personal care.

Skills

Experience with suction machines

Experience with catheter care

Experience with administering medication

Job description

We're sorry, but we do not currently offer sponsorship to applicants.

What we offer

Advantage Healthcare is part of City & County Healthcare Group. 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. For this role, you must have experience in caring for clients with PEG feeds. We support people of all ages in the community and their homes, with conditions such as Spinal Cord injury, Muscular Dystrophy, acquired brain injuries, and other complex needs. Each day will present new challenges, and your work will make a positive difference in your clients' lives while helping you develop your skills and knowledge.

The client is a gentleman in his early 60s with a spinal injury. Your daily responsibilities will include monitoring his clinical needs, such as:

• Managing daily suctioning and manual cough assist
• Managing non-invasive ventilation via Cpap
• Managing bowel care, including manual evacuation
• Performing personal care as required

Qualifications

What you'll need

Experience in adult healthcare with the following requirements:

• Experience with suction machines
• Experience with catheter care and bowel management
• Experience with administering medication

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We celebrate the achievements of our dedicated staff and aim to transform the care industry through innovation and positive change. As the largest care provider in the UK, we offer extensive career opportunities, stability, and growth. Join us to advance your career and help us deliver exceptional care.

City and County Healthcare Group is an equal opportunities employer.