Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Small Dole; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantage Healthcare, part of CCH, is hiring a Complex Care Assistant to support a young gentleman in his early twenties with cerebral palsy, providing personal care, medication via PEG, seizure support, and social interaction with full training and clinical support in Ashington, near Pulborough.

Previous experience in complex care is advantageous, especially with PEG feeding, ventilation, seizure management, and moving & handling equipment.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex care is advantageous, especially involving PEG feeding, ventilation, and seizure management.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to a young gentleman with cerebral palsy.
• Administer medications via PEG and monitor safety.
• Support seizure management and respond to emergencies.
• Offer meaningful social interaction and companionship.

Skills

Patient care

PEG feeding

Ventilation support

Seizure management

Job description

Join our team as a Complex Care Assistant and take the opportunity to enhance your skills with full training and clinical support in areas such as tracheostomy care, ventilation, seizure management, PEG feeding, and more. You'll be supporting a young gentleman in his early twenties with cerebral palsy, working alongside a caring team to provide personal care, medication via PEG, seizure support, and meaningful social interaction. Every day brings something new, and you'll be making a real difference in someone's life while growing your own knowledge and experience in complex care.

Previous experience in a complex care assistant role is extremely advantageous, especially involving the following clinical tasks:

• PEG feeding.
• C-Pap ventilation support.
• Medication and protocols for seizure management.
• Moving & Handling Equipment.

Pay: £15 per hour

Shifts: Mondays 7am - 6pm, Sundays 10am - 5pm + Bank Days & Nights Throughout The Week

Driver required: Yes - full UK licence 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 Ashington, near Pulborough.