Health Care Assistant

Anns Home Care Service; Derry/Londonderry; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A local care service is recruiting a Health Care Assistant to provide essential support to residents. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, maintaining professional relationships, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates should have good communication skills and basic IT knowledge. The position offers immediate interviews and various benefits including free training and uniform.

Benefits

Free uniform

Four weekly pay

Holiday pay

Free practical and online training

Qualifications

• All staff must complete Level 2 of The Deprivation of Liberty module with minimum 60%.

Responsibilities

• Assist staff with implementation of individual care plans.
• Maintain good professional relationships with residents.
• Monitor the well-being of residents and report unusual occurrences.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Excellent communication skills

Health care experience

Education

GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

Job description

We are recruiting for a Health Care Assistant. Assist staff with the assessment and implementation of individual care plans undertaking daily tasks and activities as directed in order to facilitate the well being, dignity and treatment of all residents.

Responsibilities

• Working efficiently with the multidisciplinary team to approach patient care.
• Participation in ward meetings.
• Maintain and develop good professional relationships with residents, colleagues and visitors.
• Ensure that high standards of maintenance are upheld in line with regulation and legislation.
• Assist nursing/residential home residents with all personal care required including bathing in bed/bathroom/chair and to include essential aspects of personal hygiene.
• Duty to observe and monitor the well being of residents ensuring that any unusual physical mental or emotional occurrences are promptly reported to senior staff and documented appropriately.
• Assisting with mobility and transfer using correctly any specialised equipment provided.
• Additionally staff must ensure they are aware of the local child and adult safeguarding policies and procedures furthermore who to contact within the local authority for safeguarding.

Skills and Qualifications

• Basic IT skills.
• Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal.
• All Ann's Care Home Health Care Assistant staff will be required to complete and obtain a minimum 60 per cent in Level 2 of The Deprivation of Liberty module.
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Health care experience not essential but it is desirable.

Further Information

Location: Oakleaves Care Home. We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage. Ann’s Care Homes are an Equal Opportunities Employer. Eligibility to work in UK.Benefits include: Free uniform. Four weekly pay. Holiday pay. Paid Access NI Check. Free practical and online training. Immediate interviews offered.