Healthcare Assistant

Reference: GSHC-4

Greenstaff Homecare are looking for Healthcare Assistants to help support our clients in their own homes or Nursing Home settings all around Penzance and Helston. This may involve supporting them with personal care, companionship, administering medication or accessing the community.

Earn great pay rates of up to £23.16 per hour

**Key requirements**:

- Right to work in the UK.
- Proof of Mandatory Training (If none, free training will be provided as part of the compliance process).
- 2 x References.
- A minimum of 3-6 months experience of being a carer/support worker in any setting (nursing home, private own homes, supported living, hospital).

**Benefits**:

- Dedicated Bookings and Quality teams.
- Regular supervisions both virtual and in person.
- Personal development into more clinical packages of care that may include
- Trachy, PEG, Airway Management, Diabetes management, Epilepsy etc.
- Weekly payroll.
- Free training.
- Fast recruitment process.
- Refer-a-friend £200 cash bonus after a 6-month probationary period.
- Long term and short-term packages of care.

**Experience in any of the following is desired but not essential**:

- Care and Management of Enteral Feeding experience.
- Spinal Injury experience.
- Tracheostomy Care experience.
- Stoma Care experience.
- Epilepsy and Management of Emergency Medication Protocols.
- Invasive and Non-Invasive Ventilation experience, including Airway Management.
- Acquired Brain Injuries experience.
- End-of-life Care experience.

**Driving License/Ability to Travel**:

- A full driving license and insurance on your vehicle for business use (taking clients out in your car).
- If no driving license, then you must be able to easily travel to the location of the client in a timely manner (within a reasonable distance).

**Main responsibilities include but are not limited to**:

- Providing emotional support to individuals and their families.
- Providing enthusiastic and compassionate care, to contribute to an individual's physical and emotional wellbeing.
- Being motivated and recognizing the importance of your role in supporting a client with complex care needs.
- Being willing and eager to complete addition training, upskill, coach and mentor yourself.
- Comfortably assisting clients with limited mobility.
- Providing practical support for individuals, such as helping with household tasks, personal care, taking to appointments.
- Supporting and monitoring their healthcare needs, including administering medication.
- Maintaining a safe and clean environment for the individual.
- Safeguarding individuals and reporting any concerns.
- Accurate and timely record keeping and incident/accident reports.
- Able to work on a rolling rota basis and being part of a team of core carers/support workers around the individual, working collaboratively with the management team.

**About Greenstaff Medical**:
Right Nurse, Right NowGreenstaff Medical is a specialist healthcare staffing agency who have been providing high quality talent across the UK since 2014.Our focus is supporting our clients with challenging last-minute staffing requirements. Our workforce is predominantly specialist Registered Nurses across a variety of specialist areas including, but not limited to, General, Mental Health, Paediatrics, Theatre, ITU and Accident & Emergency.We understand healthcare never stops, which is why Greenstaff Medical operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.Our recent audit outcome was Diamond Status and we are REC Members. We also hold the BSI ISO 9001 certification and CQC Registered.