Healthcare Assistant - Nursing Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Perkbox rewards package

25 days annual leave

8 bank holidays and a birthday day off

Annual wellbeing day

Comprehensive paid training and dev’t

Career progression opportunities

STAR awards

Generous pension scheme

Staff forums

Job summary

Optalis operates a nursing care home in Wokingham for up to 50 older residents, providing person-centred care and support. The role involves assisting nurses with routines, medications and complex care tasks in a 24-hour rota.

Applicants should have an enhanced DBS with adult barred list and the right to work in the UK. Experience in a care home is a bonus, with opportunities for training and progression.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check with adult barred list.
• Right to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Provide full personal care to residents with significant needs.
• Assist the nurse on duty with routines such as medication administration.
• Assist with blood sugar checks, simple dressings, PEG feeding.
• Support catheter and tracheostomy care, ventilation monitoring and suction.
• Provide pressure area and skin care.
• Record observations accurately and inform the nurse of changes.

Skills

Caring approach

Observant

Communication skills

Calm under pressure

Job description

This Healthcare Assistant post is in a nursing care home for up to 50 older people, run by Optalis for Wokingham Borough Council and Windsor & Maidenhead Council. The core work is personal care for residents with significant needs, helping the nurse on duty with routines such as medication, catheter and tracheostomy care. The secure home works a 24-hour rota with flexible shifts. An enhanced DBS check with the adult barred list and proof of right to work are required.

What the job involves

• Provide physical and social care that promotes residents' independence, choice, rights, privacy, dignity and equal opportunity
• Deliver full personal care to residents with significant care needs
• Assist the nurse with blood sugar checks, simple dressings, PEG feeding and medication administration
• Assist with catheter care, tracheostomy care, ventilation monitoring, nebulisers and oral and tracheal suction
• Provide pressure area and skin care
• Record observations accurately, inform the nurse on duty of changes and respond accordingly
• Communicate respectfully with residents and those important to them, including in difficult circumstances
• Support residents' communication needs
• Contribute to holistic assessments covering nutrition, incontinence and risk
• Stay calm and adapt to a variety of tasks and a quickly changing schedule

Skills & knowledge

• Caring and compassionate approach
• Observant
• Excellent communication skills with residents and colleagues
• Calm under pressure and flexible

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check with adult barred list
• Right to work in the UK

Nice to have

• Previous experience in a nursing home environment
• Experience or exposure to some or all of the listed nursing routines

What’s offered

• Perkbox rewards package with discounts on cinema, shopping, health, travel and insurance
• 25 days annual leave rising to a maximum of 30, 8 bank holidays and a birthday day off
• Annual wellbeing day
• Comprehensive paid training and development programme
• Career progression opportunities and support
• STAR awards recognising staff who go the extra mile
• Generous pension scheme
• Voice in the service through staff forums