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SalaryHealthcare Assistant
Purpose:
- To provide personal care services to clients (service users) in their own homes (e.g. companionship, cooking, cleaning, medication management, which include storage, administration etc; assistance with housework, bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, oral hygiene, feeding, positioning and transferring etc.)
Healthcare Assistant Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- To assist individual service users with activities of daily living according to their needs, including personal hygiene, grooming, oral care, dietary intake etc.
- To assist / enable service users to minimise discomfort and pain according to the prescription of care.
- To foster a warm environment which offers companionship and emotional support whilst promoting independence and dignity.
- To support team leaders / care coordinators by carrying out accurate record keeping, taking and relaying written and verbal messages promptly, respecting service users confidentiality.
- To assist and enable service users to maintain and improve their mobility.
- To support service users with medication administration.
- To provide light domestic services like cleaning to service users.
- Any other duties as assigned by Registered Manager.
Other Duties:
- To comply at all times with TSF Healthcare Solutions Limited s Health and Safety policies and procedures (e.g. by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting any incidents using the organisation s Incident Reporting System).
- To actively support TSF Healthcare Solutions Limited s commitment to equality and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services.
- To safeguard and promote the welfare of all service users.
- To comply with TSF Healthcare Solutions Limited s Infection Prevention and Control policies to protect their own health, the health of other employees, service users and their families to prevent health care associated infections.
Healthcare Assistant Experience / Education / Training
- Must hold a relevant qualification (e.g. Care Certificate) or have relevant work experience in a community care setting / environment.
- Any other Care related Certificates (e.g. Certificate in Moving and Handling; Certificate in Medication Administration etc) will be an added advantage.
- Full UK Driving licence is preferred but not essential.
- Experience of performing duties and responsibilities of the post in a similar care environment.
- Must be willing to undergo training and continuous professional development as required by the needs of the service.
Benefits of working at TSF Healthcare Solutions as a Healthcare Assistant include:
- Full induction and orientation.
- Fully funded training and development.
- Support with personal and professional development.
- Holiday pay
- Annual leave accrual.
- Employer Pension Contribution.
- Mileage Allowance (where applicable).
