Healthcare Assistant

HagbroAi; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

HagbroAi is seeking care workers in Scotland to provide personal care, home care and domestic support to individuals in their own homes under a personalised re-ablement programme.

You will work as part of a care team, attend training, adapt to varying needs, and ensure safety with PPE, timely communication with coordinators, and adherence to care plans.

Qualifications

• Genuine interest in caring for and working with people.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to varying working situations.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to service users in their own homes as per care plan.
• Be available by phone and respond to office messages on allocated days.
• Be flexible to cover visits in varying geographical areas.
• Follow procedures and best practices in the Employee Handbook.
• Attend training, development, supervision and appraisal sessions.

Skills

Genuine interest in caring for people

Good communication skills

Adaptability

Job description

To provide personal care, home care and/or domestic duties to individuals in their own homes working to personalised and re-ablement care delivery programme

GENERAL REQUIRMENT

• To have a genuine interest in caring for and working with people
• To have good communication skills
• Ability to adapt to varying working situations

RESPONSIBLE TO

• Home Care Co-Ordinator / On-Call Co-Ordinator

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• To be reliable and committed to providing a high-quality care service to individuals in their own homes
• To be available by phone/mobile phone, and to respond to office messages or texts, on your allocated working days to ensure contact with care co-ordinators / on-call about short notice rota changes and service user information
• To be available at agreed times and to be flexible enough to respond to need at short notice and in varying geographical areas (as reasonable) when required to cover service user visits
• To confirm with area care co-ordinator on receipt of your rota and that the details are correct
• Recognise the team role in the provision of care and support and to attend carer discussion meetings.
• To ensure that when visiting service users that you follow the procedures, guidelines and best practice as laid out in the Employee Handbook provided at Induction
• To provide care or support to service users as detailed in their individual care plan
• To attend service user review meetings as required
• To prompt and, where appropriately trained, to administer prescribed medication as detailed in care plan
• Maintain communication books in service users home, completing details of care provided and date/times of service
• To ensure that personal protective equipment, gloves and aprons are worn at all times during service user care visits
• To communicate with care co-ordinators, on-call or care services manager any issues or concerns that you may have for a service user’s well being
• To communicate with care co-ordinators, on-call or care services manager if there is no care plan or communications book in a service user’s home
• To communicate with care co-ordinators, on-call or care services manager any issues that a service user, their family or representative may raise
• To attend and participate in regular training, development, supervision and appraisal sessions as required