Health Care Assistant

Anns Home Care Service; Omagh; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional care provider in Northern Ireland is seeking a Health Care Assistant to assist with the assessment and implementation of individual care plans. Responsibilities include working with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring hygiene and welfare of residents, and maintaining professional relationships. Basic IT and communication skills are essential, along with GCSE Maths and English. This role also offers benefits like free uniform, paid training, and holiday pay.

Benefits

Free uniform

Four weekly pay

Holiday pay

Paid Access NI Check

Free practical and online training

Immediate interviews offered

Qualifications

• Ability to complete Level 2 of The Deprivation of Liberty module with minimum 60%.
• Desirable to have health care experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist staff with individual care plans for residents.
• Work with multidisciplinary team on patient care.
• Maintain professional relationships with residents and colleagues.
• Ensure compliance with standards and regulations.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene and mobility.
• Monitor and report unusual occurrences to senior staff.

Skills

Basic IT skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent)

Job description

The role will involve assisting 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 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.
• Eligibility to work in UK.
• GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent).
• Health care experience not essential but it is desirable.

Further Information

Location: Three Rivers Care home.

We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage. Ann’s Care Homes are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Benefits:

• Free uniform
• Four weekly pay
• Holiday pay
• Paid Access NI Check
• Free practical and online training
• Immediate interviews offered.