Personal Assistant

Medway Food Partnership; North Carolina; On-site; USD 9,500 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Medway Council is seeking a Self-Employed Female Personal Assistant to support an older lady with complex health needs in Chatham. The role provides evening and weekend hours, including care tasks and mobility assistance, with flexible scheduling and holiday cover.

You will work alongside an existing PA to assist with personal care including suprapubic catheter care, attend medical appointments, do light household tasks, and provide companionship.

Qualifications

• Kind, caring, reliable and active Personal Assistant sought.
• Must be 25 or over and hold a clean UK driving licence with business cover.

Responsibilities

• Provide evening support from 6:00 to 7:30 PM and weekend mornings 8:30–10:00 AM, plus evening 6:00–7:15 PM.
• Assist with personal care, including suprapubic catheter care.
• Accompany client to medical appointments; provide holiday cover as needed.
• Light domestic tasks and maintaining home cleanliness; offer companionship.
• Support safe mobility around the home; potential insulin care and community outings during holidays.

Skills

Driving licence

Caring

Reliable

Sociable

Job description

Role: Self-Employed Female Personal Assistant (age 25 or over to drive mobility vehicle)

Hours: 13 hours per week as follows: Monday – Friday evenings 6pm -7.30pm / Weekend mornings 8.30am – 10am and Weekend evenings 6pm – 7.15pm - plus holiday cover and some appointments for existing PA by arrangement – there may be some negotiation around shift start times.

Salary: Rates to be confirmed at interview

Location: Chatham

A kind, caring, positive, reliable, and active Self-Employed Female Personal Assistant is required to work collaboratively with an existing PA in order to support a lovely, friendly older lady with a complex range of progressing health needs, including COPD, diabetes, asthma, lymphedema and osteoarthritis. As such she requires intensive support around personal care, including the monitoring of and managing hygiene care around a suprapubic catheter site. This lady has a fantastic sense of humour and loves a chat, so you must be sociable and enjoy a good conversation!

The primary purpose of the role is to provide full evening support to this lady from around 6.00 to 7.30pm each day, including:

fully supporting the client with all personal care tasks including management of suprapubic catheter care

The role also includes the need to accompany the client to medical appointments, as these are increasing in number, so a level of flexibility is required to cover these

Provide holiday cover for the other PA by mutual arrangement

Assistance with maintaining the cleanliness of the home, some light domestic tasks as required

Provide companionship and conversation in a calm, friendly and reassuring manner

Ensure the client can safely mobilise around her home.

The intention is that you will get to know the client and her existing PA over time, and all work collaboratively to meet her needs going forwards, so there may be some negotiation around shift cover between PA’s. During holiday cover your role may increase to cover some extra responsibilities held by the other PA, including medication support including insulin care, and to support the client out in the community to access social events and groups she enjoys.

You will need to hold a clean driving licence with business cover and be aged 25 and over in order to drive the client’s Motability vehicle.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and references.

For more information please contact [e-mail]

This post is compliant with the Equality Act.

The client can only accept applications if you have the right to work in the UK. Please do not apply if you require sponsorships or visa.

Please note that this advert has been placed on behalf of one of our clients. Should your application be successful and you are offered the position, your contract will be directly with the customer and not by Medway Council.

To be discussed at the Interview / Next stage – Competitive rate (dependent on experience)