Care Assistant

Do you want to help others lead a more fulfilling life? Are you interested in learning new skills? Are you looking for consistent work in care, where you can choose your regular shift pattern with mínimal travel?

At HFH Healthcare we meet the growing need for complex care by providing specialist nurse-led services to adults & children in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, working in partnership with NHS Continuing Healthcare teams, our enhanced level of specialist clinical support, enables people to remain at home even when the level of healthcare required is highly complex.

We deliver care 24-hour a day, 365 days a year.

We are recruiting enthusiastic, reliable, and adaptable carers for day or night shifts, including weekends, within the Lewisham area.

12-hour shifts days & nights from 8am to 8pm/8pm to 8am are available.

Our carer development centre comprises of interview and training rooms, and specialist and fully equipped skills labs for bespoke training to cover a wide range of client-specific needs, including:

- Tracheostomy care
- Invasive and non-invasive ventilation
- Airway suctioning
- Cough assist
- Autonomic Dysreflexia
- Oxygen therapy and monitoring
- Bowel management
- Enteral feeding
- Epilepsy and seizure management
- Catheter care
- Complex medication administration
- Behaviours which challenge
- Complex moving and positioning

**What HFH offers**:

- Fast track carer onboarding process. Full support with documents, getting you ready to work sooner
- Consistent volume of work and choice of working patterns.
- Choice of working with children and adults.
- Free specialist clinical training for complex care, bespoke onsite and in-house development with continuous clinical support.
- Continuous professional progression.
- 24-hour support from our dedicated and efficient clinical and operational teams.
- No mandatory uniform requirements

**What HFH offers**:

- Hourly pay rates range between PS14 - 17.93 p/hr*.
- Typically, our client base requires ongoing care, 24 hours a day, and benefit from the continuity of a small core team of regular care staff.
- Our specialist carers work with one client per shift and do not travel between multiple homes. The average shift is duration 12hrs.
- Where possible we will offer you work to meet your availability and as a guide, the average carer works three shifts (36hrs) per week for us and earns PS500 - 555 p/wk*.
- The regular working patterns that our clients require mean this three day a week work pattern equates to an average annual income of between PS26,200 - PS28,950*.
- We employ all staff directly and manage all aspects of your pay via PAYE, rather than Limited Company or Self-employed status. This removes the need for you employ third party companies or calculate your own tax. PAYE also protects you from breaching IR35 tax regulations.
- Please note: This dependant of their shift pattern (days/nights/weekends) and these rates shown are inclusive of holiday pay which is accumulated per hour worked.

**Benefits of working for HFH**:

- Excellent rates of pay
- PAYE, no additional third-party administration.
- Enhanced rates for weekends and bank holidays.
- Paid holiday.
- Company pension scheme.
- Carer Recognition scheme.
- Refer a friend scheme for employees. PS150 for carers, PS500 for Registered Nurses
- Free confidential wellbeing and support telephone line
- Retail rewards & savings via the Blue Light Card scheme

**Requirements**:

- You must be over 18 to apply
- Have the right to work in the UK
- Flexibility on travel - some shifts may require you to drive or have access to public transport
- A good standard of English and the ability to communicate effectively

Please be aware - We do not hold a UK Sponsor Licence, so we are unable to consider applicants from overseas wishing to be sponsored who do not otherwise have the right to work in the UK.