Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Halesowen; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Paid induction

Career growth

Family-friendly leave

National opportunities

Perks & discounts

Job summary

Advantage Healthcare, part of CCH, Birmingham, is hiring a Complex Care Assistant to join our growing team.

You’ll receive full training and clinical support to develop skills in complex care areas; you’ll provide 1-1 care to a lady with a spinal cord injury, including personal care, meals, medication administration, and community access.

Full UK driving licence required; DBS check provided; progression into leadership roles available.

Qualifications

• Experience in care is not essential, but advantageous for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-1 care for the client with a spinal cord injury.
• Assist with meals, personal care, bowel management and catheter care.
• Administer medications and assist with community access.
• Support with daily exercises and using home equipment.

Skills

Driving licence

Job description

Shifts: Days 8 am - 8 pm and Nights 8 pm - 9 am

Driver required: Yes - full drivinglicence and access to your own vehicle

We are CCH. With 14,000 colleagues across 32 care companies, we have one purpose: to make sure no one in need of care is ever forgotten or left behind. We’re not only changing lives, we’re transforming the care sector. Our people-first approach puts care professionals at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is simple: to be the best place to work in care.

What makes CCH a great place to work? The results speak for themselves:

• 5,243 care professionals have referred a friend to join our company.
• 135 internal promotions were earned in just 12 months
• Every Operational Director began their career as a care professional

At Advantage Healthcare, part of CCH, we live by our values of Community, Courage, and Heart, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join our growing Complex Care team in Birmingham.

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!

This rewarding, person-centred role involves providing 1-1 care for a lady who has a spinal cord injury. Your tasks will include preparing meals, personal care, bowel management and catheter care, medication administration and assisting with accessing the community. She also requires support with her daily excersises, which she has her equipment in her home.

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

Experience in the following is not essential, but extremely advantageous for this role:

• Bowel Management
• Medication Administration

The only requirement would be that you will need a full valid UK licence.

Additional Information

Here’s what makes us different:

• Free DBS check – we cover the full cost of the DBS application
• Full training & paid induction - no experience needed
• Career growth - clear progression into senior & leadership roles
• Family-friendly - enhanced leave for life’s big moments
• National opportunities - relocate and continue your career within CCH
• Perks & discounts - Blue Light Card, RAF scheme, and more