Agency Healthcare Assistant

Agency; Wicklow; On-site; EUR 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare staffing agency is recruiting Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) in Wicklow. The role offers flexible scheduling, allowing you to achieve an ideal work/life balance while working around your own needs. Candidates must have completed QQI/Fetac Level 5 and possess excellent communication skills. Responsibilities include assisting patients with personal care, maintaining records, and adhering to health protocols.

Qualifications

• Caring, patient, and empathetic nature.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Access to a vehicle is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Helping patients with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Encouraging patients in exercises and mobility activities.
• Assisting patients with eating and drinking.
• Aiding in wound care and dressing changes.
• Maintaining accurate patient records.
• Adhering to hospital protocols and safety regulations.
• Recording observations and reporting changes in patient condition.
• Maintaining a clean and safe environment.

Skills

Caring nature

Excellent communication skills

Education

QQI/Fetac Level 5

Job description

Overview

Medforce Healthcareare currently recruiting HCAs for agency work in Wicklow!

If you are looking to further your career,Medforce Healthcareare offering successful candidates the chance to join our growing team ofHCAswhile being rewarded for your hard work with fantastic rates aligned with the HSE PayScale.

Working as an agencyHCAwithMedforce Healthcarewill give you the opportunity to work around your own schedule and get that perfect work/life balance!

Responsibilities

• Helping patients with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Encouraging and aiding patients in exercises and mobility activities as directed by healthcare professionals.
• Assisting patients with eating and drinking.
• Aiding in wound care and dressing changes
• Maintaining accurate patient records
• Adhering to Protocols by following hospital policies, procedures, and protocols and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including infection control practice
• Recording observations and reporting changes in patient condition.
• Organising and maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients and staff

Qualifications

• Caring, patient, and empathetic nature.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Access to a vehicle is desirable
• Full 8 Modules of QQI/Fetac Level 5 completed

Medforce is one of multiple Tier 2 suppliers, all agencies on the supplier panel pay the same hourly rates

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