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Health & Care Assistant UK For Africans (Visa Sponsorship Available)

Techwaka

Birmingham

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GBP 26,000 - 35,000

Full time

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Job summary

A leading company in Birmingham seeks caring healthcare assistants to support professionals in delivering essential medical services. The role involves various duties such as assisting patients with personal care, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring the availability of medical supplies. Suitable candidates will possess an NVQ qualification in health and social care and demonstrate strong communication skills. Opportunities include accommodation support and visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Accommodation
UK Visa Sponsorship
Employee Assistance

Qualifications

  • NVQ qualification in health and social care required.
  • Experience in a caring role preferred.
  • Physically able to lift patients.

Responsibilities

  • Assisting patients with personal care and clinical duties.
  • Taking vital signs and recording results.
  • Improving patient mobility and preparing therapy equipment.

Skills

Good communication skills
Good listening skills
Caring and nurturing personality

Education

NVQ qualification in health and social care

Job description

£26k - £35k per annum

Dfbooking Recruitment Services

Birmingham

Employee Assistance, Secretarial

We are looking for healthcare assistants from Ghana,South Africa,Malawi,Cameroon,Zimbabwe etc who will assist healthcare professionals, under the supervision of qualified nursing staff, to carry out a spectrum of duties. Their tasks include assisting patients with personal care and conducting clinical duties, in addition to carrying out, monitoring, and recording the results of medical tests, which the healthcare professional will analyze.

To be successful as a healthcare assistant, you should possess a caring and nurturing personality. You should also be able to handle physically demanding tasks, such as supporting the weight of patients to aid mobility, turning patients over, and lifting heavy medical equipment.

Tasks
  • Ensuring that supplies and medical equipment are replenished.
  • Improving the mobility of patients.
  • Setting up equipment required by healthcare professionals.
  • Taking the temperature, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels of patients, and recording the results.
  • Recording the pulse rate of patients.
  • Measuring patients' weight.
  • Preparing patients for therapy.
  • Making up beds, giving out bedpans, and collecting bedpans.
Requirements
  • NVQ qualification in health and social care.
  • Pass a medical check.
  • Clear background check.
  • Previous experience in a caring role, preferred.
  • Previous medical experience is useful but not essential.
  • The desire to work with all people, irrespective of background, race, or creed.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Good listening skills.
  • Physically able to lift patients.
  • A tactful and approachable personality.
Benefits

UIF

Accommodation

Uk Visa Sponsorship

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