Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Healthcare in Northallerton is seeking a Complex Care Assistant to support clients with complex needs in their homes. You will receive full nurse-led training and clinical support to develop skills across areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management and stoma care.

Experience in care settings is helpful, but not required; compassion and resilience are essential as you help keep clients safe and supported while brightening their days.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily living support and companionship to clients in their homes.

Job description

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, stoma care, and 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. This client needs support with day to day living due to a brain stem stroke and uses a alphabet board to communicate, they have a ventilator to support breathing, PEG fed and needs intensive support to be kept well at home. They need support with all aspects of daily living including companionship.

You will not require complex care experience for this role. Just plenty of care, compassion, and resilience as we provide full nurse-led training. Some Care experience in a community or care home setting would be beneficial. Excellent communication skills are required for this role.

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 Northallerton.