Senior Healthcare Assistant

Job Description

Job title: Senior Healthcare Assistant

Company: Fairlie Healthcare Group

Job description: Job Description:-

Who are The Fairlie Healthcare Group?

The Fairlie Healthcare Group is a leading provider of high-quality care, and we were established in 1999. We specialise in caring for adults with neurological conditions, as well as patients with tracheostomies and who require ventilator support.

Our new career pathway means that whatever skills and experience you currently possess, you could fit into our pathway and progress your career with The Fairlie Healthcare Group, gaining specialist competencies and personal development along the way.

We are now looking for more outstanding staff to join us on this exciting journey.

Not only would this be a fantastic opportunity working for a brand-new home, but this would also give you an insight into the world of complex neurological healthcare and how truly rewarding a job this can be.

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Scope

• To provide personal care to our Residents in line with the core values and values framework of the Home ensuring these are utilised at all times and to ensure that such care is delivered in line with the Resident’s individual care plan.
• To maintain clinical competencies including Tracheostomy and PEG. Provide care, support and supervision to Residents with tracheostomies in line with agreed policies and ways of working on a 1:1 basis.
• To ensure care that is delivered is safe, caring, effective and responsive to Resident’s needs, and play a part in creating and promoting an environment where excellence can flourish.
• To work within the operating framework of the Home with regards to the job level ensuring that all policies and procedures are followed at all times.

What will my duties be?

• Ensure the personal care needs of Residents are met and that assigned duties are executed in a professional and caring manner giving due regard to the Home’s core values and values framework and the Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Health and Social Care Workers, including hospital and community escort duties.
• To ensure documentation is completed in a timely fashion including personal care charts for Residents that reflect the care delivered and to escalate concerns regarding a Resident’s health and wellbeing to the nurse in charge at the earliest possible opportunity.
• Complete other assigned tasks not directly related to care as, from time to time instructed to do so by the nurse in charge of the shift.
• To work co-operatively with colleagues in the pursuit of the responsibilities of the post, with due regard to our diversity and inclusion framework and policies. To carry out the reasonable instructions of the nurse in charge, team leader or management staff to ensure optimal use of resources within the Home to ensure high quality care can be delivered at all times.
• To attend rostered shifts as defined in the off-duty and to follow all HR policies and procedures in the event of being unable to attend for a rostered shift; understanding that such absence risks service levels and has the potential to compromise standards of care.
• To ensure concepts learnt during mandatory training sessions, (health and safety, infection prevention and control, core values, and fire safety – this is not an exhaustive list) are upheld and demonstrated in practice during your working shift.
• To act at all times to uphold the CQC domains ensuring care delivered is safe, caring, effective and responsive.
• To use the clinical governance framework and adverse event reporting procedures to report any events that occur as per the Home’s policies and procedures.

What do I need to be successful?

For this role, you are required to have the following attributes:

• You Must have full right to work in the UK without sponsorship (we are not accepting candidates on a student visa and skilled workers)
• You have achieved your Ventilator, Tracheostomy & PEG feeding competency
• At least 3 years previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant.
• Communicate effectively through verbal and written skills and provide excellent customer service.
• A passion for caring for others.
• Work constructively as part of a team and understand your role and responsibilities.
• A positive attitude
• Willingness to undertake further training and development.
• It would be an advantage if you had an NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification, however, this isn’t essential.

What’s in it for me?

• From £12.28 per hour depending on experience (which can rise to £13.28 per hour on weekends)
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities
• Career ladder, achieving promotions and gaining your core competencies along the way.
• Paid Breaks
• Onsite parking
• Free meals whilst working on shift.
• Company Pension Scheme
• Free staff uniform and DBS
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• New and improved starter induction programme
• Comprehensive on the job training & support

Senior Healthcare Assistant

Shift : 12 hours shift day or night (08am to 08pm or 08pm to 08am)

Location: West Norwood

Contract: Permanent/Part time or full time

Equal Opportunities

Fairlie Healthcare are an equal opportunities employer, who value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check.

Expected salary: £13.5 per hour

Location: London

Job date: Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:32:52 GMT

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