Waking night care assistant

Invictus Complex Care; Havant; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pay rates

Full training & certification

Supportive team and training

Job summary

Invictus Complex Care in Southampton is seeking a FEMALE Health Care Assistant to support a gentleman with a spinal cord injury. You will provide personal care, help with mobility, medication administration, and daily living tasks. The role requires reliability, flexibility and good English communication.

Prior spinal injury experience is a plus, and you must have the right to work in the UK. Shifts include night coverage and as-needed hours.

Qualifications

• Experience as health care assistant with priority given to those with spinal injury exposure.
• Reliable, flexible and able to work as part of a team.
• Proof of right to work in the UK and good communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Personal care and daily living assistance.
• Medication administration as directed.
• Moving and handling via ceiling track hoist.
• Catheter care and related duties.
• Light domestic tasks and household duties.

Skills

Reliability

Flexibility

Team player

English proficiency

Job description

Please note we are not able to offer sponsorship at this time or assist with any additional hours you are able to work when on a sponsorship

FEMALE* Health Care Assistant to support gentleman in Southampton.

1 Wake night shift per week- 8pm till 8am.

About us

Invictus Complex Care is a fully nurse owned and led complex care provider. We recruit specifically to our clients and provide excellent support to our team to ensure they feel valued and wish to continue working with us. We look after our care and nursing teams to allow them to have the confidence to look after our clients

The Role

We are currently seeking a FEMALE* Health Care Assistant to support a lovely gentleman in Sholing, Southampton. Our client is looking for confident and experienced people to support him living a full life. Our client is living with a spinal cord injury, so candidates will ideally have previous experience of this.

We are looking for someone who is flexible and available to cover shifts on an as-needed basis.

You will be supporting with:

Personal care

Medication administration

Moving and handling via ceiling track hoist

Catheter Care

Light domestic duties

Your experience

You will have experience working as a health care assistant and be a great team player who will work well alongside our fab team. Any previous experience with spinal injuries would be beneficial. We also look for:

• Reliability and commitment
• Flexibility
• Passion to really make a difference to someone's life
• Excellent communication skills including verbal and written English
• Proof of your right to live and work in the UK

What we offer

You will be a valued member of the team, person centred throughout. We will support you to maintain a good work/life balance and to enhance your skills and career. Our attractive employment package includes:

• Excellent rates of pay:
• Weekdays £15.00 per hour
• Weekday Nights £17.00 per hour
• Saturdays - £17.00 per hour
• Sundays - £19.00 per hour
• Bank Holidays - £22.00 per hour
• Fantastic opportunity to have fun whilst you work
• Full support and training
• Full training for the role and provision of all certificates.

This position subject to an enhanced criminal record check (DBS) and referencing.

*Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female worker to work with our client