Health Care Assistant (Nights) - 10 hr shifts Crawley, West Sussex, South East England, England
Job description
Healthcare Assistant required to support our service user in Crawley
Health and Social Care Services Limited (www.hascs.co.uk) is a fully nurse owned and led complex homecare provider. Working with adults and children in their own homes – we provide high quality care for clients with a wide range of conditions. We take pride in our care provision and take care of our staff.
We are looking for an HCA who is caring, committed and passionate to support our service user, a young boy, in Crawley.
About our client:
Our client is a young 8 year old boy who requires care assistance with his tracheostomy. He still leads an active life as often as possible and loves to ride his bike and scooter. He requires assistance and thus can feel shy with new carers to start with. He also enjoys playing games on his tablet and watching videos. He lives with his parents and has a younger brother and is hoping to start going to Primary School soon.
About the role:
Aspects of his care is assisting with his Tracheostomy and PEG. Tracheostomy experience is not essential for this as training will be provided to the right candidate, but would be desirable. He also needs assistance with Medication administration and Humidfication so candidates will need to be observant. He has a speaking valve and will cover his tracheostomy to speak with his family and carers. Shifts available are for nights only.
If this sounds right for you and you want to make a real difference, become an ambassador for HASCS and join our team today!
Shift Patterns:
Night Shifts only - 21:30pm - 7:30am
Mon - Sun Availability, 2 - 3 shifts a week
We offer:
Market leading rates of pay:
· £12.50 /hour during weekday night shifts all day Saturdays
· £13.00 /hour during all day Sundays
· £22.00/hour during all day Bank holidays
Uplifted rate of pay once Tracheostomy competant:
- £15.00/hour during Weekday Night shifts and all day Saturday
- £16/hour during Sunday
- £26/hour during Bank Holidays
Benefits:
- 28 days paid annual leave.
- Pension scheme after qualifying period.
- Full training for the role including shadowing Specialist Nurses
- Nurse line manager and On-Call team to provide ongoing support.
- Excellent opportunities for Career progression.
- Opt in to Welfare Checks
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Company funded training & DBS
- Weekly Pay
- Full support for your recruitment journey, from start to finish
- Free PPE supplied to adhere with COVID-19 requirements
And we look for:
- Reliability and commitment.
- Dedicated and flexible
- Excellent communication skills including verbal and written.
- Enthusiasm and willingness to learn
- To be passionate, dedicated and empathetic towards our clients and their care
- Experience not necessary – full training provided
- Driver Essential
- Proof of your right to live and work in the UK.
Why join us?
At Health and Social Care Services we are committed to developing our staff by offering training and a supportive working environment.
With an in-depth training programme for new and existing employees, our team members are given the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skill set, whilst in a “family-feel” environment. We also offer our employees the opportunity to access a free Employee Assistance Programme.
For more information about us, please visit our website at https://hascs.co.uk/
Health & Social Care Services – Changing lives, one at a time.
This application is subject to a video interview via Microsoft Teams.
This position subject to an enhanced criminal record check (DBS) and referencing.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £12.50-£22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Crawley: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
- Health Care: 1 year (preferred)
Shift availability:
- Night shift (required)
- Overnight shift (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: 0031AS
