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Healthcare Assistant with a view to complex training

£11.18- £13.61 per hour (Enhanced bank holiday rate) Hess Bank Nr Morecambe

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Ben is 34 years old and following a medical episode was left with severe physical disabilities. Following this he recieves intensive therapies from a wide range of professionals to support his rehabilitation. Ben has full mental capacity and makes his own decisions. Ben has recieved support from Prestige nursing for over 18 months now from a diverse workforce who enjoy their roles working with him.

Ben has a great sense of humour and sense of fun, he has determination to regain his skills and takes everything in his stride. He lives in Hess bank in his own home which meets his needs. he often uses a electronic voice on his ipad, however as people get to know him they understand his speech more. This is a very varied role. Working with a great team.

Hess Bank Near Morecambe. Min £11.18 per hour – Weekly Pay – Mileage Paid

Full and Part Time Hours available

Are you new to working within care and have a passion to help and support people, whilst also expanding your own knowledge?

Are you currently working within care and would like to develop your skills and move towards complex care?

We have an exciting vacancy within the local Hess Bank area for a Care Assistant to join our team and develop their care skills, working alongside our Branch Nurses and Care Staff with opportunity to progress. We are currently looking for a care assistant to visit our service users and assist them with medication, meal support, personal care, and socialising. In addition, this individual would have the opportunity to develop skills in areas of low-level clinical skills with further scope to train within more complex care.

Experience working within care is an advantage, but not necessary for the right candidate. You would be supporting individuals to live independently within their own homes, on a part time basis, and would have consistent individuals with whom you would build a rapport with.

Your role will include:

• Prompting and administering medication
• Helping with the preparation of meals and drinks
• Assisting with activities of daily living such domestic duties and personal care
• Maintaining and updating reports such as care plans

Being employed as a Carer by us means:

• Consistent clients with scheduled visits
• Comprehensive Care and Support Plans written closely with the service users and their families
• Enhanced rates of pay on bank holidays, weekends and after 8pm each day
• 24/7 support from the branch team including an Out Of Hours telephone service
• Continued professional development to support you and your career, including fully funded NVQ levels 2 and 3 together with face-to-face support from trained care staff and Branch Nurses.
• Free uniform, DBS and PPE
• Pension scheme
• Employee assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• You will be paid for post-employment eLearning at £10.00 per hour

We’re looking for:

• Paid previous experience as a care assistant is an advantage but not essential
• Excellent communication skills
• A driver’s licence is an advantage but not essential
• Good professional and personal references

We want to make life better for more people. As a Care Assistant you’ll be joining us in our continued efforts to make life better for our clients. We want to make life better for you too, so you will have a contract of employment and all the support and development you need to thrive in your role and developing your career.

Six months’ paid experience in care such as a care assistant, domiciliary carer, support worker, personal healthcare assistant, care worker or similar advantage but not essential

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines. All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

Prestige Nursing & Care are unable to provide Sponsorship for overseas candidates. Applicants must have proof of right to work in the UK. It is a requirement to provide an overseas police check dated within the last 3 months of being in the UK if you have lived outside of the UK for longer than a year in the last 5 years.

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Prestige Nursing & Care reserve the right to close this role early.

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