Complex Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing & Care; Worthing; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A specialist home care provider in Worthing is seeking a Complex Care Assistant to support clients with personal care, epilepsy, and learning disabilities during waking night shifts. The ideal candidate will have experience in care and be able to perform specific responsibilities such as administering medications and observing clients. Flexible contract options and various employee benefits are offered. Apply today to join a dedicated team making a difference.

Benefits

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption schemes

Continued professional development

Paid time off to volunteer

Holiday pay

Refer a friend scheme

24/7 Employee Assistance line

Qualifications

• Care experience is essential for this role.
• Full training by a Registered Nurse will be given.
• Ability to perform 15 minute observations throughout shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support with Personal Care, Epilepsy, and Learning Disabilities.
• Administer rescue medications and daily medications.
• Maintain observations throughout waking night shifts.

Skills

Care experience

Administration of medications

Personal Care

Epilepsy care

Observational skills

Job description

Job title: Complex Care Assistant

Location: Littlehampton - BN17

Shifts: Waking nights. Due to client requirements we require female workers.

Pay: £16.01 ph - £18.27 ph

About Prestige Nursing & Care Worthing

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 staff for waking nights to support with Personal Care, Epilepsy, and Learning Disabilities. This shift will require 15 minute observations throughout the shift, use of a pulse guard, administration of rescue medications as well as daily medications.

Do you need experience?

Care experience is essential for this role. Full training by a Registered Nurse will be given as well as in-depth induction and Shadow Shifts.

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.