Healthcare Assistant

Mowlam Healthcare; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

QQI Training Support

Guaranteed hours contracts

Sunday Premium Rates

Double time on Bank Holidays

Career Progression Opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme & Well‑l

Wellbeing Supports

Supportive Team and Learning Work

Comprehensive induction and clinical培训

Referral bonus and retail discounts

Job summary

Mowlam Healthcare invites applications for a full-time HealthCare Assistant at Leopardstown Care Centre in Leopardstown, Co. Dublin. The role focuses on delivering person-centred care under the Named Nurse concept, supporting nursing staff and enhancing residents’ wellbeing.

You will engage with residents to support mobility, daily living tasks, and social activities while maintaining dignity and high hygiene standards. A warm, team-focused environment awaits.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Supporting nursing staff to deliver high quality person-centred care.
• Getting to know residents’ interests and needs, providing attention and companionship.
• Promoting mobility of residents, supervising and assisting to maintain and improve mobility.
• Enabling and assisting residents to maintain personal appearance and hygiene with dignity.
• Communicating with nurses regarding residents’ condition or daily life.
• Assisting residents to eat and drink and achieve physical comfort.
• Participating, organising and carrying out social activities.
• Maintaining high level of communication between residents’ families and staff.
• Assisting in the upkeep of high standards of cleanliness in the home.
• Contributing to Health and Safety in the home.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by Nurse in Charge and management.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Teamwork & independence

Positive attitude

Fluent English

Job description

K67 N1W0, Leopardstown, County Dublin, Ireland

We are now recruiting for a full time HealthCare Assistant to join Leopardstown Care Centre.

Purpose of the role

The Health Care Assistant works as a member of a team delivering care to the residents via the Named Nurse concept. As such a team member, the Care Assistant contributes to the fulfillment of Mowlam Healthcare’s philosophy of care.

What does the role entail?

• 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.

What are the qualifications/skills needed?

• 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

What do we offer?

• QQI Training Support
• Guaranteed hours contracts
• Sunday Premium Rates
• Double time on Bank Holidays
• Career Progression Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme & Wellbeing Supports
• Supportive Team and Learning Work Environment
• Comprehensive induction and clinical training
• Referral bonus and retail discounts

All posts are subject to satisfactory references, medical and Garda vetting.

INDHCA

Note

This job description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role and the range of duties, it does not attempt to detail every activity. Given the nature of the work, it must be stressed that maximum flexibility is required to work in the nursing home. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder periodically by the Home Manager.