Health Care Assistant (Days & Nights)

About us

Collens Healthcare is a recruitment agency specialising in supplying nurses and other healthcare professionals to hospitals, private clients and nursing homes throughout the UK.

We strive to make our workplace engaging, enjoyable and fulfilling both professionally and socially by aligning our company’s objectives with the best interests of our employees and clients.

Compassion: Collens Healthcare strives to be compassionate and understanding of the challenges faced by those in their care.

Dependability: Collens Healthcare strives to be an agency that is reliable and trustworthy.

Continuity of Care – Collens Healthcare believes in building a good working relationship between the carers and those they are caring for.

High-quality care – Collens Healthcare provides carers that are properly trained and experienced and able to provide a high level of support.

The positions we are recruiting for are based in South West of England. We are looking for skilled, caring and confident Health Care Assistants to join a team providing care for elderly patients with a variety of illnesses, including dementia and Alzheimer's and the Support workers to work with people with a learning disability and autistic people to promote independence and wellbeing, and they sometimes provide direct physical help when called for. The right candidate will interact directly with patients, monitoring their vital signs, providing comfort and transportation, and assisting with daily living needs.

Responsibilities:

• Assisting with daily living activities such as eating, showering and using the toilet
• Utilising equipment to move patients when necessary
• Helping tidy the patient’s home or room
• Provide personal care for residents on the floor and/or a 1-2-1 basis
• Taking the patient’s vital signs such as blood pressure and temperature
• Talking to patients and reassuring them
• Attending meetings with other healthcare professionals
• Assisting nurses and other staff when needed
• Adhering to professional standards
• Delivering reports to Case Managers and reviewing any important changes in the patient’s condition

Unfortunately currently we do not offer any Sponsorship for this role.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Temp to perm, Zero hours contract

Salary: £12.00-£14.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• Referral programme

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

COVID-19 considerations:
All employees are required to have masks and vaccination required

Experience:

• Care: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

• 100% (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 11/03/2023