Peripatetic Health Care Assistant

**New exciting career opportunity for travelling health care assistant - Must Drive and be very Flexible**

**We are a rapidly growing Complex Care company looking for a motivated person to join our team who shares our vision to offer excellent care and be responsive to cover shifts**
- Salary: £25,000 per year, (plus potential overtime)
- Must Drive and be willing to travel distances around the Teeside area and surrounding areas
- The ability to care for Children/Adults with complex care needs - Learning Disability, Autism and Mental health in their own homes
- Must either be trained in the following or willing to have further training in the following:

- **Medication Administration**_
- **PEG / PEJ / JEJ Management **_
- **Epilepsy management / Buccal Administration etc**_
- **Tracheostomy Care **_
- **Ventilation Care **_
- **Suction trained**_
- **Moving and Handling**_
- **and any other complex procedure that may apply**_
- Ability to work with a variety of people and manage families as well as clients, be very professional at all times
- Flexibility is a MUST to cover emergency shifts as and when needed - this could be at short notice, to assist in new client set-ups and holiday cover

Driving is essential as all clients are community based.

**OUR LOCATIONS**:
Our patients are based in Teeside, Newcastle, Halifax and surrounding areas

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Possess the motivation and initiative to work in a fast-paced growing company
- Experience of clients with complex clinical care needs
- Experience of clients with Learning Disability/Autism care needs
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Caring approach and nature
- Positive mindset with a ‘Can Do’ attitude and Solution Focused approach
- Deliver Person-Centred Service and be very professional at all times
- Work in partnership with nurses / healthcare staff

**FUNCTION OF ROLE**:

- You will be responsible for covering shifts on client care packages, working alongside an experienced Care manager / Nursing team to ensure that all shifts are filled
- Setting up new packages of care and new staffing of services - shadowing and inducting new carers
- Follow accident and incident reporting procedures.
- Support carers to deliver. excellent standards of care
- Monitor changes in client health, behaviours and circumstances and respond appropriately when this change.
- Ensure services delivered by iCare Living meet CQC legal standards
- Work in partnership with service users, their family, carers, advocates, other healthcare professionals

**KEY DUTIES**
- Assessing new clients and completing shadowing plans
- Undertake shift cover as and when needed - this maybe at short notice
- Shadowing and mentoring new employees
- Carry out spot checks and follow up performance reviews with care staff
- Work as part of the team to ensure our systems of work remain compliant with CQC / CCG’s, local authority and commissioners.

**BENEFITS**

**40 hours working week - 2 days protected time off - very flexible role**

Company pension

28 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Induction and on-going training provided

Opportunity to increase salary as the company and the role grows

Take a pro-active role in ensuring that Clients and staff alike are safeguarded from risk of harm or abuse

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff are required to wear PPE around patients

Application question(s):

- Do you have a current DBS?

Shift availability:

- Day shift (preferred)
- Night shift (preferred)
- Overnight shift (preferred)

Work Location: One location