Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Ltd; Oakenshaw; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Oakenshaw is seeking Health Care Assistants to support individuals with complex needs. The role involves personal care, meal assistance, and promoting independence and well-being. Ideal candidates are energetic, caring, and possess strong communication skills. Experience is essential. Join us to make a significant impact in the lives of those in our care while receiving great benefits and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Opportunities to learn and develop

Great benefits

Qualifications

• Experience is essential for this role.
• Caring, kind, understanding, and calm demeanor.
• Ability to defuse challenging situations.
• Energetic and outgoing personality.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people with their personal care.
• Assisting people at meal times.
• Understanding individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encouraging social activities in and out of the home.
• Promoting choice, dignity, independence, and respect.
• Completing and maintaining care records.

Skills

Caring and understanding

Communication

Positive attitude

Ability to handle challenges

Job description

About Exemplar Health Care Wykewood

Wykewood is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. We support adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities, including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. We offer great benefits, perks and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them. No two days will ever be the same.

Responsibilities

• supporting people with their personal care
• assisting people at meal times
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records.

Qualifications and experience

• Experience is essential for this role.
• caring, kind, understanding and calm
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.