Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Gravelly Hill; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Complex Care Assistant to support a young girl with Rett Syndrome. This role involves providing specialized care in a home environment, including assistance with PEG feeding and medication administration. Ideal candidates will have experience with complex care needs and a passion for helping others. A range of benefits is offered, including paid leave and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• Experience in PEG feeding is essential.
• Ability to administer medication effectively.
• Experience with moving and handling equipment is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for a young girl with Rett Syndrome.
• Support in various complex areas such as ventilation and stoma care.
• Ensure safe and compassionate care in the home environment.

Skills

PEG feeding

Administration of Medication

Moving & Handling Equipment

Job description

Shifts Available:Nights - 10 pm - 8 am (2/3 Shifts Per Week)

What we offer

Complete Care Amegreen is part of City & County Healthcare Group. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.

What you’ll get

• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Paid annual leave
• Refer a friend scheme
• Enhanced DBS check

Job Description

What you’ll do

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and enhance skills in various complex areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care plus so much more! We care for and support people of all ages, in the community, and in their homes, with Spinal Cord injury, Muscular dystrophy, acquired brain injuries and many other complex needs. In this role, you will be working with a young girl with Rett Syndrome. She likes going to school, playing outside in the garden and loves going to the park! The family also have an array of animals from dogs, to a bearded dragon so you must be happy to work in a home with animals.

Qualifications

Experience in the following is essential for this role:

• PEG feeding
• Administration of Medication
• Moving & Handling Equipment

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country, and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.

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