Compassionate Healthcare Assistant - Career Growth & Benefits

Mowlam Healthcare; Moate; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

QQI Training

Guaranteed hours

Sunday premium

Bank Holiday pay

Career progression

Employee assistance

Wellbeing supports

Induction and clinical training

Referral bonus

Retail discounts

Job summary

Moate Nursing Home is seeking a full-time Healthcare Assistant to join the team. The role involves supporting nursing staff to deliver person-centred care, getting to know residents, promoting mobility, and assisting with daily activities while maintaining dignity and hygiene.

You will communicate with nurses, help residents eat and drink, participate in social activities, and support families. A positive, reliable, and team-oriented attitude, with fluent English, is essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Reliable and professional.
• Can work independently or part of a team.
• Ability to maintain a positive outlook.
• Fluent level of English both written and oral.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the nursing staff and team in delivering high quality person-centred care to meet all care needs of residents
• Getting to know residents' interests and needs, providing attention, support and companionship
• Promoting the mobility of residents, supervising and assisting as necessary to ensure optimum mobility is maintained and improved where possible
• Enabling and assisting residents to maintain their personal appearance /hygiene needs whilealways maintaining their dignity
• Communicating with nurses regarding resident's condition or any aspect of resident's daily life
• Enabling and assisting residents to eat/drink and achieve physical comfort
• Participating, organising and carrying out social activities
• Sustaining high level of communication between resident's family and staff developing good relationships
• Assisting in the upkeep of high standards of cleanliness in the home
• Contributing to the maintenance of Health and Safety in the home
• Any other duties deemed necessary by Nurse in Charge and management.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Teamwork

Positive attitude

Fluent English

Job description

Moate Nursing Home is seeking a full-time Healthcare Assistant to join the team. The role involves supporting nursing staff to deliver person-centred care, getting to know residents, promoting mobility, and assisting with daily activities while maintaining dignity and hygiene.

You will communicate with nurses, help residents eat and drink, participate in social activities, and support families. A positive, reliable, and team-oriented attitude, with fluent English, is essential.