Personal Care Assistant (Female)

Precedo Healthcare; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Precedo Healthcare Ltd is seeking 2–3 reliable female Complex Care Support Workers to care for a lady living in her own home in Huddersfield. This role involves long days and sleepover shifts, with flexibility to adjust patterns for a sustainable arrangement.

Applicants should have experience in complex care, spinal injury, catheter care, or respiratory support, or demonstrate a strong willingness to learn.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex care, spinal injury, catheter care, or respiratory support is desirable.
• Willingness to learn; full specialist training will be provided for suitable candidates.
• Calm, observant, proactive with good communication.

Responsibilities

• Respiratory support with a Cough Assist to aid airway clearance and monitoring.
• Catheter care including monitoring, emptying and hygiene.
• Monitor spinal injury status and watch for Autonomic Dysreflexia.
• Assist with daily living tasks, personal care and companionship.

Skills

Respiratory support

Catheter care

Spinal injury care

Communication skills

Willingness to learn

Tools

Cough Assist machine

Job description

Personal Care Assistant / Support Worker (Female)

Location: Huddersfield

Hours: Long days & sleepovers (Approx. 16-hour shifts, but flexible/negotiable)

We are seeking 2–3 reliable, compassionate, and flexible female Complex Care Support Workers to join an existing, supportive care team looking after a lady living in her own home. Due to the nature of the personal care required, this post is exempt under the Equality Act2010 (Schedule9, Part1) for female applicants only.

Shift Patterns & Flexibility

• The role involves a pattern of long days and sleepover shifts.
• A typical shift is approximately12- 16 hours, but we are highly open to reviewing and adjusting this to create a more suitable, flexible, and sustainable working arrangement for the right candidates.
• Some general flexibility around shift patterns is highly desirable.

Key Clinical & Care Responsibilities

• Respiratory Support: Assisting with a Cough Assist machine to support airway clearance and monitoring breathing.
• Continence Management: Providing daily catheter care (monitoring, emptying, and maintaining strict hygiene).
• Complex Health Monitoring: Managing and monitoring a spinal injury and watching for signs of Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD)
• Daily Living: Assisting with daily living tasks, personal care, medication management, and companionship.

What We Are Looking For

• Previous experience in complex care, spinal injury, catheter care, or respiratory support is highly desirable.
• Alternatively: A strong willingness to learn. Full specialist training and clinical competency sign-off will be provided for the right candidates who demonstrate the right values and care aptitude.
• A calm, observant, and proactive nature, with excellent communication skills.

Precedo Healthcare is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK.

Please note we are not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or in the workplace due to a disability, please inform us promptly. We are committed to providing appropriate support throughout your journey with us.

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