Healthcare Assistant

Role: Carer
Rates: £12.54 - 18.09 (Dependent on seniority)
Location: Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire

Benefits:

• Access to Care4Carers - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
• Competitive pay rates
• A dedicated placement officer
• New shifts available every day
• Long term jobs and short shifts available
• Lucrative referral scheme
• 24/7/365 support - we're here when you need us

Job opportunities for compassionate, caring individuals. Are you looking for a rewarding job that provides long term prospects plus the opportunity to build on your skills and your qualifications? If so, consider a role as a Healthcare Assistant and take the first steps towards an exciting career in care.

Working flexible shifts in various care homes, you will provide much-needed care and support to people when they are feeling unwell, vulnerable, and unsure. A significant reliance is placed on the vital care you will provide to ensure a patients care experience is the very best it can be.

The very best Healthcare Assistants are individuals who show empathy, patience, consideration, passion, and dedication. You don't need to have any previous experience in care; your personality is so much more important in a role like this.

Healthcare Assistant opportunities are diverse and provide a wide range of career opportunities regardless of your experience level, full training and support will be provided at every stage of your career to ensure you have the skills needed for the role.

This is an ideal role if you want to progress your career around your family and home commitments. Working and driving your career forwards alongside other responsibilities is no easy task, but with flexible shifts and excellent career prospects, this is a perfect way to achieve your goals.

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will play an essential part in so many people's lives. This is a role where you can see the impact of your work daily, with the sense of achievement and satisfaction that comes with making a real difference.

General key skills

• As a Care Assistant, you will have:
• Empathy and understanding
• Compassion and a caring nature
• A warm and friendly personality
• A passion for good conversation
• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks
• Excellent timekeeping
• The ability to work well and under pressure
• A flexible attitude
• A desire to improve and develop knowledge and skills
• Active listening skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities
As a Carer, your duties could include:

• Personal Care: Assisting residents with daily activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting.
• Meal Assistance: Helping with meal preparation and feeding, ensuring residents receive nutritious meals.
• Medication Management: Administering medications as prescribed and keeping accurate records.
• Mobility Support: Assisting residents with mobility, including using wheelchairs, walkers, or transferring from bed to chair.
• Housekeeping: Performing light housekeeping tasks to maintain a clean and safe environment.
• Companionship: Providing emotional support and companionship to residents, engaging in conversations and activities.
• Health Monitoring: Observing and reporting any changes in residents health or behaviour to senior staff
• Supervision: Overseeing the work of carers, ensuring that care plans are followed correctly.
• Advanced Care: Providing more complex care tasks, such as wound care or catheter management.
• Communication: Acting as a liaison between residents, families, and healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care.
• Emergency Response: Being prepared to handle emergencies and providing first aid if necessary.
• Documentation: Maintaining accurate records of care provided and any changes in residents conditions

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
Essential

• You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
• Relevant references that cover the last two years.

So, if you can combine empathy and understanding with practical hands-on patient care, we want to hear from you. Apply today.