Healthcare Assistant

Mowlam Healthcare; Ireland; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium Sunday rates

Bank holiday rates

Death in Service Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail Discounts

Employee referral incentive scheme

Induction and in-house training

Career progression opportunities

Paid trainings

Job summary

Castle Gardens Nursing Home, part of Mowlam Healthcare, is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the care team and work under the Named Nurse concept. The role focuses on supporting nurses to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to residents in a warm, compassionate environment.

You will help residents with mobility, personal care, nutrition, and social activities while fostering dignity and respect. Training and development opportunities are provided, with a focus on career progression

Qualifications

• FETAC/QQI Level 5 qualification in Healthcare (or equivalent).
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Reliable and professional.
• Can work independently or as part of a team.
• Maintain a positive outlook; English fluency in writing and speaking.

Responsibilities

• Support nursing staff in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to residents.
• Get to know residents' interests and needs, providing attention and companionship.
• Promote residents' mobility and assist to maintain or improve mobility.
• Assist with personal appearance and hygiene while preserving dignity.
• Communicate with nurses about residents' conditions and daily life.
• Assist residents to eat/drink and ensure physical comfort.
• Participate in, organise and carry out social activities.
• Maintain strong communication with residents' families and staff.
• Support cleanliness and health and safety standards in the home.
• Flexible to undertake other duties as required by Nurse in Charge and management.

Skills

Communication skills

Listening skills

Reliability

Teamwork

Positive outlook

Fluent English

Education

FETAC/QQI Level 5 Healthcare

Job description

Castle Gardens Nursing Home is growing their care team and inviting applications to the role of Healthcare Assistant.

Purpose of the role

The 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.

The role report reports to the Nurse in Charge and is responsible to the Director of Nursing.

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?

• FETAC/QQI Level 5 qualification in Healthcare in relevant modules (or equivalent)
• 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?

• Guaranteed hours contracts
• Premium Sunday and Bank Holidaysrates
• Death in Service Cover
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Retail Discounts
• Employee referral incentive scheme
• Comprehensive induction training and continued in-house training/professional development
• Opportunities for career progression
• Paid trainings

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

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.