Chaps
5 months ago
CHAPs
- Care Home Assistant Practitioner. Care home assistant practitioners are care workers in care homes, that bridge the gap between the role of a care worker and a nurse. CHAPs are able to get more involved in the management and clinical aspects of residents’ care, carrying out many of the same tasks that nurses would undertake in a care home.
CHAPs take on some of the clinical duties that are most common in a care home.For example:
- Catheter and stoma care
- Clinical observations
- Canulation/ECG/venepuncture.
- Diabetes management
- Managing and administering medicines
- Tissue viability, dressings, wounds, and pressure relief
- PEG feeding
- Care Planning
**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £12.50 per hour
Expected hours: 33 - 44 per week
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: CHAPs1
