Health Care Assistant
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Summary
Ann’s Care Homes are recruiting Health Care Assistants to join their team at Sunnyside Retreat, Clogher. This is a full-time role, and the successful candidate will assist with care plans, daily tasks, and resident wellbeing. Key responsibilities include personal care, monitoring resident wellbeing, assisting with mobility, and maintaining a clean environment. Essential criteria include GCSE Maths and English, basic IT skills, and excellent communication skills. Benefits include a friendly team, £12.30 per hour, free uniform, and paid training.
- Key Responsibilities: Assisting with care plans, daily tasks, and resident wellbeing, personal care, monitoring resident wellbeing, assisting with mobility, and maintaining a clean environment.
- Core Requirements: GCSE Maths and English, basic IT skills, and excellent communication skills.
About the Company
Ann’s Care Homes are a family run business established in 1994.
Since its inception, the company has enjoyed a longstanding reputation for the delivery of quality care and for their teams of dedicated, trained staff who put clients’ needs at the heart of everything they do.
We at Ann’s aspire to be the best at everything that we do. We want families and carers to choose Ann’s because they have confidence in our reputation for providing a high quality service.
We are recruiting for Health Care Assistants to join our team at Sunnyside Retreat, Clogher – this would be a full time role.
*please note there are no sponsorship opportunities for this role*
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The successful candidate will:
- Assist staff with the assessment and implementation of individual care plans undertaking daily tasks and activities as directed in order to facilitate the wellbeing, dignity and treatment of all residents
- Working efficiently with the multidisciplinary team to approach patient care
- Assist nursing/residential home residents with all personal care required, including: Bathing in bed/bathroom/chair to include essential aspects of personal hygiene – i.e. washing body and hair, brushing teeth etc and ensuring that such activities comply with the procedures and relevant healthcare legislation
- Duty to observe and monitor the wellbeing of residents ensuring that any unusual physical, mental or emotional occurrences are promptly reported to senior staff and documented appropriately. Additionally, staff must ensure they are aware of the local child and adult safeguarding policies and procedures furthermore who to contact within the local authority for safeguarding.
- Assisting with mobility and transfer using correctly any specialised equipment provided
- Participation in ward meetings
- Adhere to infection control policies and maintain ward cleanliness
- Maintain and develop good professional relationships with residents, colleagues and visitors
Essential Criteria
- GCSE Maths and English
- Basic IT skills
- Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal
- Health care experience not essential but it is desirable
- Will be required to be signed off as competent at the induction training
- Available to work a flexible shift pattern including 1:1 support, evenings and weekends
- All Ann’s Care Home Health Care Assistant staff will be required to complete and obtain a minimum 60% in Level 2 of The Deprivation of Liberty module
- Eligibility to work in UK
Benefits of working with Ann’s Care Homes:
- A friendly dedicated team
- £12.30 per hour
- Free Uniform
- Four Weekly pay
- Paid Access NI Check
- All Practical and online training Paid
- Immediate interviews Offered
*We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage*
Ann’s are an Equal Opportunities Employer