Company Description

Location: Ashington, West Sussex

Pay Rate: 15

Shifts Available: Saturday Days - Plus Bank Days & Nights Throughout The Week

Access to a vehicle is required due to the geographical location of the role. 

What we offer

Advantage Healthcare is part of City & County Healthcare Group. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.

We're sorry, but we do not currently offer sponsorship to applicants.

What you’ll get

• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Pension scheme
• Paid annual leave
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Enhanced DBS check

Job Description

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and improve skills in various complex areas such as tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care plus so much more! We care for and support people of all ages, in the community, and their homes, with Spinal Cord injury, Muscular dystrophy, acquired brain injuries and many other complex needs. Every day will be different. And you’ll never know what challenges you’re about to face next. One thing you can be sure of though, is that you’ll be making your clients’ days brighter, whilst developing your skills and knowledge. 

The client is a gentleman in her early twenties who has cerebral palsy, and you will be required to assist a caring and compassionate team in providing personal care, PEG feeding for medication, seizure management and offering support and socialisation to the client.

Qualifications

Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirements

Previous experience in a complex care assistant role is extremely advantageous, especially involving the following clinical tasks: 

• PEG feeding.
• C-Pap ventilation support. 
• Medication and protocols for seizure managment.
• Moving & Handling Equipment.

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants, we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country, and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.

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Keywords: Carer, Care Assistant, Care Professional, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistants, Support Workers