Complex care assistant

Prestige Nursing; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Prestige Nursing is seeking a Complex Care Assistant based in Bristol, offering a competitive hourly wage between £16.01 and £23.48. The role entails providing specialized care for clients with serious health conditions such as acquired brain injury and quadriplegia. Applicants must have previous experience in care, possess excellent communication skills, and have good references. The position provides flexibility with either a zero-hour contract or regular hours, along with various benefits including training pay, a pension scheme, and support for professional development.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes

Paid time off to volunteer

Holiday pay

Qualifications

• Must have paid experience as a care assistant.
• Excellent communication skills are essential.
• Good professional and personal references required.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care needs.
• Ensure communication with clients and their families.
• Support clients in line with specialized health needs.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Paid experience as a care assistant

Professional references

Job description

Complex Care Assistant

£16.01 – 23.48 per hour – Weekly Pay – Mileage Paid

BS16 1JW Frenchay – Must be able to work weekends

At Prestige Nursing & Care, our purpose is to provide high quality, community-based specialist home care and support. We aim to work together to achieve the goals of each of our varying clients, and to make lives better for them. We want to make life better for you too, so you will have all the support and development you need to thrive in your role and develop your career.

Our client has;

• Acquired Brian Injury
• Quadriplegic needing posture management
• NIV suction
• Catheter
• Enteral feeding

We’re looking for:

• Paid previous experience as a care assistant is essential
• Excellent communication skills
• Good professional and personal references.
• Driver not essential

What we offer:

• You will be paid the National Minimum Wage for all attended training sessions and shadow shifts
• We offer the flexibility of either a zero-hour contract or contracted hours, whichever suits your lifestyle the most.
• Work with our own clients, no agency work
• Pension scheme
• Blue light card
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Paid time off to volunteer and give back to the charities and causes that matter to you
• Holiday pay
• Refer a friend scheme
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake enhanced DBS/PVG, right to work, reference and employment history checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines.

As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing & Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

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