Complex Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-based healthcare provider in Cheltenham is seeking a Complex Care Assistant to support clients with various health needs, including personal care and clinical observations. The role offers flexible working hours with the option of a zero-hour or contracted position. Suitable candidates may be female, preferably with complex care experience, although full training will be provided.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Flexible working hours

Paid time off to volunteer

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance line

Qualifications

• Complex care experience preferred but full nurse-led training will be given.

Responsibilities

• Provide support with nutrition and hydration.
• Assist with personal care and clinical observations.
• Complete record keeping and report writing.

Skills

Nutrition and Hydration

Basic life support

Suprapubic catheter care

Clinical observations

Personal care

Moving and assisting

Domestic care

Pressure care management

Record keeping

Report writing

Job description

Job title: Complex Care Assistant

Location: Cheltenham

Shifts: Days and nights

Pay: £13.68-£14.98, Bank holidays – £20.52

About Prestige Nursing & Care Gloucester

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 our clients.

What our client is looking for

Our client is looking for a female carer for days and nights in the Cheltenham area. Days can be long days or short days and nights are from 20:00-08:00. Our client requires support with Nutrition and Hydration, Basic life support, Suprapubic catheter care, Clinical observations, Personal care, Moving and assisting, Domestic care, Pressure care management, Record keeping and Report writing.

Do you need experience?

Complex care experience preferred but full nurse-led training will be given.

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

Want to find out how you can make life better for yourself and the people you care for? Apply today.

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.

We reserve the right to close this position early.

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