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Care Worker / Support Worker / Care Assistant / Health Care Assistant

£10.75 an hour - Full-time

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join a premium Healthcare Organisation.We are looking to hire committed and compassionate Carers to join our team.

Previous experience is desirable however not essential as full training and ongoing support will be provided.We also invite applications from those with previous Care Assistant or Support Worker experience.

We are currently recruiting to work full-time which may include early morning, late evening, night and weekend working.

Purpose of the Position
1. To collaborate with a trained nurse or manager in the provision of care. To act as a mentor to other carers through being an example and through supporting them in their supervision, development, and appraisal.
2. To promote a caring environment for service users through high standards of professional practice which are conducive to the physical, emotional, social, intellectual, and spiritual needs of the service users.
3. To assist the trained nurse or manager in carrying clinical tasks such as administration of Medication, taking client’s vital signs, wound dressing as appropriate to training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting the trained nurse or manager in carrying clinical tasks such as administration of Medication, taking client’s vital signs, wound dressing as appropriate to training
• To organise and direct other care assistants throughout a shift of work
• To ensure that each service user receives care appropriate to their individual need.
• To assist in the formal supervision of other carers
• Assist clients with key tasks such as dressing, toileting, feeding
• To take on the role of mentor for a group of care workers
• To carry out spot checks on staff and maintain records
• To respect the individual rights and choices of service users
• To respond to the different cultural values and diversity of service users
• To ensure the health and safety of service users; to report any health and safety issues or equipment failures to the manager
• To communicate effectively with colleagues and managers
• To provide personal care to service users regarding their daily living needs
• To contribute to the therapeutic and social programs offered to individual service users
• To carry out moving and handling in accordance with training and in-house policy
• To assist service users to live a normal lifestyle, including sleeping at night where required
• To assist service users in retaining memory and life skills
• To support service users, ensuring that they have a satisfactory intake of nutrition consistent with their preferences and needs
• To undertake generic cleaning duties where required Personnel forms
• To dispose of waste safely and in accordance with service users wishes and as per plan of care.

Note: The following applies to all colleagues: You may be required to undertake other duties appropriate to your post and/or hours of work. Please note that at times you may be required to work with Covid -19 patients being discharged from hospital and are asymptomatic. However, prior notice will be given, and all staff will have access to PPE.
We accept applicants from overseas; however, they will need to meet all home office requirements for skilled sponsored workers.

COVID-19 considerations:

All are required to wear a mask and follow UK Government Covid-19 guidelines, which includes regular sanitization of surfaces, PPE,etc (https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus)

Work remotely

• No

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £10.75/hour

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £10.75 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Flexitime
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Work Location: In person