Healthcare Assistant

Mowlam Healthcare; Tramore; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium Sunday rates

Bank Holiday rates

Death in Service Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Retail Discounts

Referral incentive scheme

Induction and in-house training

Career progression opportunities

Paid trainings

Job summary

Mowlam Healthcare's Tramore Nursing Home is seeking a compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join a responsive care team. The post focuses on person-centred support for residents, alongside a Named Nurse framework and care planning.

The role reports to the Nurse in Charge and aims to maintain dignity, mobility, and wellbeing, while fostering strong resident and family relationships and upholding high standards of safety and cleanliness.

Qualifications

• 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.

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 while always 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

QQI Level 5

Communication

Reliability

Team player

English proficiency

Education

FETAC/QQI Level 5 Healthcare

Job description

X91 DKF5, Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland

Tramore 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 schemeComprehensive 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.