Care Assistant

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

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Job summary

Advantage Healthcare Limited is seeking a Complex Care Assistant to join our home-based care team. You will support two siblings with a life-limiting condition in their own home, delivering nutrition, medication management and essential tracheostomy care.

Experience in complex care is essential, including PEG feeding, ventilator management and suctioning. You will work alongside another carer to provide reliable, compassionate care in a family setting.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in complex care is essential.
• Experience with PEG feeding, ventilator management, and suctioning is required.
• Ability to work in a home care environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive care for two siblings in their own home.
• Nutrition and medication management for clients.
• Tracheostomy care including ventilation and suctioning; PEG feeding experience is essential.

Skills

PEG feeding

Ventilator management

Suctioning

Complex care experience

Job description

Shifts Available: WakingNights - 7 pm to 7 am

Access to a vehicle is required due to the location and nature of the role.

What we offer

AGH 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

Join Us as a Complex Care Assistant – An Opportunity to Make a Real Difference

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow your skills and become part of a dedicated team as a Complex Care Assistant. No two days will be the same, and each shift brings new challenges - but one thing is certain: you’ll be making a positive impact on someone's life while continuing to build your expertise.

This role is supporting two siblings with a life limiting condition in their own home, you will work alongside another carer, providing comprehensive care that includes nutrition and medication management, tracheostomy care, including ventilation and suctioning, and PEG feeding experience for this role are essential

Qualifications

What you’ll need

Previous experience in complex care is essential. Experience with PEG feeding, ventilator management, and suctioning is required.

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.