Healthcare Assistants - Various Shifts

Quality Service Recruitment Limited; Pleasley; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Quality Service Recruitment Limited is seeking enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants for an ongoing full-time role at a care home in the United Kingdom. You will support elderly residents with dementia-related illnesses in a dignified and professional manner, with no sponsorship offered.

Shifts run from 07:00–14:30, 14:30–22:00, and 22:00–07:00; pay ranges from £12.71 to £16.90 per hour and up to 28 days of paid holiday per year. The position may become permanent for successful candidates.

Qualifications

• A least 3 months experience in a care setting.
• DBS dated within the last 6 months or able to pay for one (£49.50).
• Relevant mandatory training (Moving and Handling, Safeguarding, Infection Control, Food Hygiene) within 9 months or access to online training.

Responsibilities

• Attend to clients' activities of daily living, ensuring hydration and comfort.
• Perform general housekeeping duties in residents' rooms and laundry.
• Observe clients' conditions and report using bespoke systems.
• Comply with health and safety procedures.

Skills

Care experience

Willingness to make a difference

Job description

Are you looking for an ongoing role that offers full time hours?

This lovely care home is looking for enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to assist in the support of elderly people with Dementia Related Illnesses. You will be working as part of the team, making sure the clients are well cared for in a dignified and professional manner. Dementia care experience would be advantageous but not essential.

Daily tasks will include:

• Attend to client’s activities of daily living ensuring that they are always hydrated and comfortable.
• General Housekeeping duties around the home such as laundry and tidying residents’ rooms.
• Observations of client’s conditions and reporting accordingly using their bespoke reporting systems.
• Always complying with health and safety in a professional manner.

For this role, you must have:

• A least 3 months experience in a Care setting.
• A DBS dated within the last 6 months, registered on the update service, or the facilities to pay for a DBS at a cost of £49.50
• Relevant mandatory training such as Moving and Handling, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Infection Control and Food Hygiene, ideally with the certificates to prove this dated within the past 9 months or we can assist you to access online training platforms so you can gain the relevant training.
• Referenceable work history covering the past 2 years
• The willingness to make a difference.
• Please note that we do not offer sponsorships

This is a temporary role that can become permanent for successful candidates.

Shift times are:

• Days - 0700 to 1430
• Afternoons - 1430 to 2200
• Nights - 2200 to 0700

Rates of pay are £12.71 to £16.90 per hour and you will also accrue up to 28 days paid holiday per year for time served.