RAPID RESPONSE Health Care Assistant - Drivers

**RAPID RESPONSE HCA NEEDED**

New exciting career opportunity for travelling health care assistant - Must Drive and be very Flexible

We are a rapidly growing Complex Care company looking for a motivated person to join our team who shares our vision to offer excellent care and be responsive to cover shifts

- Salary: £25,000 per year, (plus overtime) & Mileage

- Must Drive and be willing to travel distance around the Staffordshire / Stoke Area

- The ability to care for Children/Adults with complex care needs - Learning Disability, Autism and Mental health needs in their own homes

- Must either be trained in the following or willing to have further training in the following:
Medication Administration
PEG / PEJ / JEJ Management
Epilepsy management / Buccal Administration etc
Tracheostomy Care
Ventilation Care
Suction trained
Moving and Handling
and any other complex procedure that may apply

- Ability to work with a variety of people and manage families as well as clients, be very professional at all times

- Flexibility is a MUST to cover emergency shifts as and when needed - this could be at short notice, to assist in new client set-ups and holiday cover (You will have 2 protected days off per week)

OUR LOCATIONS:

Driving is essential as all clients are community based - Areas include Stone, Tamworth, Burton-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, Cannock, Wolverhampton and Walsall

REQUIREMENTS:

- Possess the motivation and initiative to work in a fast-paced growing company

- Experience of clients with complex clinical care needs

- Experience of clients with Learning Disability/Autism care needs

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Caring approach and nature

- Positive mindset with a ‘Can Do’ attitude and Solution Focused approach

- Deliver Person-Centred Service and be very professional at all times

- Work in partnership with nurses / healthcare staff

FUNCTION OF ROLE:

• You will be responsible for covering shifts on client care packages, working alongside an experienced Care manager / Nursing team to ensure that all shifts are filled
• Setting up new packages of care and new staffing of services - shadowing and inducting new carers
• Follow accident and incident reporting procedures.
• Support carers to deliver. excellent standards of care
• Monitor changes in client health, behaviours and circumstances and respond appropriately when this change.
• Ensure services delivered by iCare Living meet CQC legal standards
• Work in partnership with service users, their family, carers, advocates, other healthcare professionals

KEY DUTIES

- Assessing new clients and completing shadowing plans

- Undertake shift cover as and when needed - this maybe at short notice

- Shadowing and mentoring new employees

- Carry out spot checks and follow up performance reviews with care staff

- Work as part of the team to ensure our systems of work remain compliant with CQC / CCG’s, local authority and commissioners.

BENEFITS

40 hours working week - 2 days protected time off - very flexible role

Company pension

28 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Induction and on-going training provided

Opportunity to increase salary as the company and the role grows

Take a pro-active role in ensuring that Clients and staff alike are safeguarded from risk of harm or abuse

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
All staff are required to wear PPE around patients

Application question(s):

• Do you have a current DBS?

Shift availability:

• Day shift (required)
• Night shift (required)
• Overnight shift (required)

Work Location: On the road