Healthcare Assistant Islington,

HFH Healthcare; London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

HFH Healthcare is seeking enthusiastic and adaptable carers for complex care in Islington. Providing specialized care to adults and children in their homes, the position offers flexible shifts with extensive training and support. Carers will engage in meaningful work with one client at a time, benefitting from competitive pay and professional growth.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Paid holiday

Enhanced rates for weekends and bank holidays

Free confidential wellbeing support

Refer a friend scheme

Retail rewards via Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• 6 months of previous care experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Must be over 18 to apply.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for a male client with complex needs including Non-Invasive Ventilation and PEG feed.
• Work 12-hour shifts, both day and night.
• Participate in continuous professional progression and training.

Skills

Communication

Flexibility

Care experience

Job description

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Do you want to help others lead a more fulfilling life? Are you interested in learning new skills? Are you looking for consistent work in care, where you can choose your regular shift pattern with minimal travel?

At HFH Healthcare we meet the growing need for complex care by providing specialist nurse-led services to adults & children in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, working in partnership with NHS Continuing Healthcare teams, our enhanced level of specialist clinical support, enables people to remain at home even when the level of healthcare required is highly complex.

We deliver care 24-hour a day, 365 days a year.

Job Description:

We are recruiting enthusiastic, reliable, and adaptable carersfor day or night shifts, including weekends, within Islington area.

Our client is Male, has Non-Invasive Ventilation, PEG feed , Epilepsy.

12-hour shifts days & nights from 8am to 8pm/8pm to 8am are available.

6 months of previous care experience is preferablehoweverfull training, supervision and support is given to all successful candidates.

Our carer development centre comprises of interview and training rooms, and specialist and fully equipped skills labs for bespoke training to cover a wide range of client-specific needs, including:

• Tracheostomy care
• Invasive and non-invasive ventilation
• Cough assist
• Autonomic Dysreflexia
• Oxygen therapy and monitoring
• Enteral feeding
• Epilepsy and seizure management
• Behaviours which challenge
• Complex moving and positioning

What HFH offers:

• Candidate career focus - the satisfaction and safety of our team is our priority.
• Fast track carer onboarding process. Full support with documents, getting you ready to work sooner!
• Consistent volume of work and choice of working patterns.
• Choice of working with children and adults.
• Free specialist clinical training for complex care, bespoke onsite and in-house development with continuous clinical support.
• Continuous professional progression.
• 24-hour support from our dedicated and efficient clinical and operational teams.
• No mandatory uniform requirements

What HFH offers:

• Hourly pay rates range between £14 – 17.93 p/hr*.
• Typically, our client base requires ongoing care, 24 hours a day, and benefit from the continuity of a small core team of regular care staff.
• Our specialist carers work with one client per shift and do not travel between multiple homes. The average shift is duration 12hrs.
• Where possible we will offer you work to meet your availability and as a guide, the average carer works three shifts (36hrs) per week for us and earns £500 - 555 p/wk*.
• The regular working patterns that our clients require mean this three day a week work pattern equates to an average annual income of between £26,200 - £28,950*.
• We employ all staff directly and manage all aspects of your pay via PAYE, rather than Limited Company or Self-employed status. This removes the need for you employ third party companies or calculate your own tax. PAYE also protects you from breaching IR35 tax regulations.

Benefits of working for HFH:

• Excellent rates of pay– PAYE, no additional third-party administration.
• Enhanced rates for weekends and bank holidays.
• Paid holiday.
• Company pension scheme.
• Refer a friend scheme for employees. £150 for carers, £500 for Registered Nurses
• Free confidential wellbeing and support telephone line
• Retail rewards & savings via the Blue Light Card scheme

Requirements:

• You must be over 18 to apply
• Have the right to work in the UK
• Flexibility on travel - some shifts may require you to drive or have access to public transport
• A good standard of English and the ability to communicate effectively
• An enhanced DBS, which you can apply for upon registration