Female Healthcare Assistant Support Worker - Wigan

Pulse Nursing at Home; Wigan; On-site; GBP 20,471 - 23,556; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday pay included

Job summary

Pulse Nursing at Home is recruiting Female Healthcare Assistant Support Workers to join the team in Wigan and surrounding areas. Roles include personal care, medication administration, moving and handling, and support for complex care needs in clients’ homes.

Ideal candidates have at least 6 months UK care experience within the last two years and are willing to learn interventions such as tracheostomy, ventilation, and PEG feeding, while building strong relationships with clients and colleagues.

Qualifications

• 6 months UK care experience within the last 2 years.
• Willingness to work 1:1 or 2:1 in a client’s home.
• Willingness to learn complex care interventions including tracheostomy, ventilation, and PEG feeding.
• Aim to build good working relationships with team and clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to clients.
• Administer medications.
• Assist with moving and handling and clinical interventions as needed.

Skills

Personal care

Medication administration

Moving and handling

1:1 care

Job description

Female Healthcare Assistant Support Worker - Wigan

Location: Wigan and surrounding areas

Shifts: Variety of shifts dependent on care package (range between 8 – 12-hour shifts)

Pay rate: £14.86 – Days, £15.19 – Nights and £17.10 – Weekends (all rates are inclusive of holiday pay)

*Please note we are unable to offer Sponsorship*

Do you have a minimum of 6 months' UK-based care experience within the last 2 years?

Pulse Nursing at Home provides clinically outstanding long-term, and lifetime, managed care services to children and adults with complex care needs at home or in the community. We currently are recruiting experienced healthcare assistant/support workers to join our team in supporting more individuals in the comfort of their own homes.

Our clients have various complex care needs ranging from brain injuries, spinal injuries and genetic conditions. Each worker will receive specialist training for the client they are supporting. As a member of the team, you will be expected to provide personal care, administer medications, moving and handling, and work with clinical interventions.

What we’re looking for in our team

• 6 months' UK care experience within the last years, undertaking tasks such as personal care, administering medication, moving and handling etc.
• Colleagues who are interested in working a stable rota, working 1:1 or 2:1 within a client’s own home
• A willingness to learn and undertake new complex care interventions including tracheostomy, ventilation, and PEG feeding
• Colleagues who want to build a good working relationship with the team and the client

To register your interest in joining our team, please apply now and a member of our team will be in touch to take the next steps in your journey to becoming a complex care support worker!