Health Care Assistant

**Health Care Assistant**

**Permanent. Full time, 35 hours per week**

**Keynsham**

**Variable shift patterns**

**£11 per hour**

**Do you have the desire to make a difference?**

On behalf of this friendly, home-like residential setting, currently home to 16 residents, I am looking for a passionate care giver. Joining them as a Healthcare Assistant you will be contributing effectively to the care team by ensuring continuity of support to residents and their loved ones.

Everyone makes a difference here and must adopt a whole home approach to deliver outstanding standards of care.

With a person-centered approach, the well-being of each resident is at the heart of everything they do. Providing an exclusive environment with regular activities and events that everyone can enjoy if they choose to, from ZooLab visits to Disco Dance offs, just to name a few

**You must be able to -**
- Show a positive attitude to enhancing care of the residents
- Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Work efficiently and promptly in carrying instructions from other team members
- Pro-actively complete tasks and show initiative
- Be adaptive and flexible in covering a range of responsibilities throughout the duration of shift

**Core responsibilities -**
- Act courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident
- Contribute fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly
- Assist residents in a person-centered way with all their personal hygiene needs including toileting, cleaning, bathing, dressing and undressing, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals
- Serve meals and beverages, encouraging and assisting in the feeding of residents that require additional attention at mealtimes
- Assist residents with restricted mobility to move to dining areas at mealtimes and other communal areas for social activities and stimulation and to the privacy of their bedrooms at their request
- Regularly attend to residents with reduced continence control, toileting, cleaning and changing continence pads and removing wet or soiled clothing to ensure the resident remains comfortable and the risk of skin deterioration is reduced, monitored reported and recorded
- Carry out care activity in accordance with the care plan for less active and frail residents, particularly turning and moving to reduce the risk of development of pressure sores, as requested by the person in charge
- Ensure bedroom areas are kept tidy, pleasant and comfortable by making beds, regularly changing bed linen and emptying commodes
- Responsible for the regular cleaning of equipment involved in personal care of residents, including commodes and wheelchairs
- Practice safe systems of work across the range of tasks and in particular moving and handling of loads, by assessing risk and having due regard for personal safety and the safety of residents, visitors and staff
- Understand personal responsibilities with regard to Health and Safety at Work legislation, particularly in relation to moving and handling of residents and fire safety and evacuation procedures
- To attend Staff meetings and training sessions as required
- To adhere to Home Policies and Procedures
- **If you do have an enhanced DBS on the update service, you will need to provide certification.**_

**Are you interested?**

I will require a most recent copy of your CV and a short cover statement highlighting your suitability for this opportunity, including any personal/professional experience.

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

**Salary**: £11.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Keynsham South: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person