Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A major healthcare provider in Portsmouth is looking for a Complex Care Assistant. In this role, you'll support a client with various complex care needs, including personal care and assistance with mobility. While prior experience is preferred, it's not essential. Ideal candidates will be compassionate and resilient, eager to make a positive impact in someone's life. Enjoy benefits like maternity leave and paid holidays while being part of a supportive team.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• No previous experience as a Complex Care Assistant is required.
• Experience with PEG feeding and Ventilation Support (C-Pap) is advantageous.
• Understanding of bowel management and medication administration is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support with personal care including bed baths.
• Assist with moving and handling using hoists.
• Administer PEG feeds for medication and nutrients.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Communication

Job description

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

Complex Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

Join us as a Complex Care Assistant and expand your skills with full training and clinical support in areas such as ventilation support, PEG feeding, catheter care, bowel management, moving and handling equipment and medication administration. You’ll be supporting a lady with a multitude of complex care needs.

On your day-to-day you will be supporting with personal care (bed bath), moving & handling via hoist, PEG feeds for medication and nutrients and escorting her out of the house, assisting her mobility via chair.

So if you're compassionate, resilient and want to make a positive impact to someone's life, we would like to hear from you!

Qualifications

Complex Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirements

Previous experience in a complex care assistant role is not essential, but experience in the following would be extremely advantageous:

• PEG feeding.
• Ventilation Support (C-Pap)
• Bowel Management
• Medication Administration
• Moving & Handling Equipment.

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.

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