Night - Healthcare Assistant - Complex Care Coventry, England
Job description
Night Health Care Assistant - Complex Care
Coventry
Are you ready for a new and unique challenge where you are empowered to give your aspired level of person-centred care from beginning to end of the patient’s journey? Do you have any experience with individuals who are non- verbal and have brain injury?
Claimont Health is seeking experienced Complex Care Healthcare Assistant who will be reporting to our Complex Care Lead Nurse. The postholder will benefit from the support and motivation of both the clinical and operations teams and will provide support to long term condition and frailty client in their own homes.
So, why choose Claimont Health? Claimont Health is on an exciting journey to become a nationally recognised, ‘go-to’, dynamic provider of high quality and innovative mental health services across the whole of the United Kingdom. We are a CQC registered. We provide high-profile, person centred, holistic services to clients who prefer to be treated in the comfort of their own homes. We offer a tailored service, providing highly skilled mental health professionals to complement the client’s needs.
Key Responsibilities and Duties:
We are looking for high quality, dynamic and experienced Complex Care Healthcare Assistants, who are able to provide an all round support based at the individuals home or other community setting to join our team either on a Full Time or Bank Staff basis. Successful applicant will work autonomously within the assessed skills framework for our client in areas including, but not limited to:
- Tracheostomy care including airway management, suctioning and emergency tube changes.
- Ventilation including assessment of respiratory function, oxygen saturation monitoring, alternative methods of ventilation and emergency scenarios.
- Enteral nutrition and care of gastrostomy / jejunotomy / nasogastric / PEG tubes.
- Bowel care including digital stimulation.
- Suprapubic catheter care including changing of catheters.
- Seizure management, recognising onset and patters of seizures activity, differentiating between different types of seizures, administering rescue medication if indicated / prescribed.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- 2 year or more experience as a Complex Care Healthcare Assistant.
- Experience of working with people with brain injury.
- Experience of Tracheostomy Care.
- Experience of PEG feeding.
- Experience of managing Epileptic seizures
- Diploma in relevant health/ social subject.
- Flexibility, maturity, independence, and carry a very high professional standard.
- Commitment to delivering client specific care.
- Adaptable approach to support client and family members.
- Ability to maintain clear professional boundaries within a home setting.
What We Offer:
- Attractive Rates of pay - up to £180 per day.
- Comfortable working environments.
- Paid Induction
Our Mission and Values
Claimont’s mission is to be the leading independent sector provider of flexible, responsive, and dynamic mental health services in the UK. The values we live by are:
- Commitment
- Care
- Compassion
- Leadership
- Innovation
Claimont Health follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
Claimont Health is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Freelance
Salary: Up to £180.00 per day
Benefits:
- Flexitime
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability
Application question(s):
- Do you drive and have access to a car?
Education:
- Diploma of Higher Education (required)
Experience:
- Complex Care Healthcare Assistant: 2 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- Diploma in relevant health / sociaL subject (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: SW/COV
