Health Care Assistant Walthamstow,

Do you want to help others lead a more fulfilling life? Are you interested in learning new skills? Are you looking for consistent work in care, where you can choose your regular shift pattern with minimal travel?

At HFH Healthcare we meet the growing need for complex care by providing specialist nurse-led services to adults & children in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, working in partnership with NHS Continuing Healthcare teams, our enhanced level of specialist clinical support, enables people to remain at home even when the level of healthcare required is highly complex.

We deliver care 24-hour a day, 365 days a year.

Client details:

Female client with spinal cord injury, catheter and cough assist.

Job Description:

Our client has been with us since 2015 and has great experienced team with her, as her care needs have increased we are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable, and adaptable Health Care Assistant to work two shifts per week, every Tuesday and Wednesday in East London. This lovely lady enjoys the company of someone who is bubbly, motivating and encouraging of her independence. She has full capacity and loves to have a laugh and a joke with her carers so it is important to have a great sense of humour. Our client has full capacity but is paralysed form the neck down, she has limited movements in her arms and would like someone who is organised and can show own initiative.

Shifts:

Tuesday 8am - 8pm

Wednesday 8am - 8pm

This role includes the following responsibilities:

Cooking and helping client with feeding

Personal care

Encouraging client with stretching and assisting with splint

Catheter management

Bowel management

Pressure sore management

Helping the client live a full and happy life

6 months of previous care experience is preferable however full training, supervision and support is given to all successful candidates.

Our carer development centre comprises of interview and training rooms, and specialist and fully equipped skills labs for bespoke training to cover a wide range of client-specific needs, including: 

Tracheostomy care

Invasive and non-invasive ventilation

Airway suctioning

Cough assist

Autonomic Dysreflexia

Oxygen therapy and monitoring

Bowel management

Enteral feeding

Epilepsy and seizure management

Catheter care

Complex medication administration

Behaviours which challenge

Complex moving and positioning

What HFH offers:

Candidate career focus - the satisfaction and safety of our team is our priority.

Fast track carer onboarding process. Full support with documents, getting you ready to work sooner!

Consistent volume of work and choice of working patterns.

Choice of working with children and adults.

Free specialist clinical training for complex care, bespoke onsite and in-house development with continuous clinical support.

Continuous professional progression.

24-hour support from our dedicated and efficient clinical and operational teams.

No mandatory uniform requirements

What HFH offers:

· Daily pay rates up to  £134.48*,  weekly pay up to  £941.36*.

· Where possible we will offer you work to meet your availability and as a guide, for a live-in carer wishing to work a 2-weeks on, 2-weeks off pattern (which equates to 26 weeks a year), earns up to  £24,475.36*  per annum. 

· We employ all staff directly and manage all aspects of your pay via PAYE, rather than Limited Company or Self-employed status. This removes the need for you employ third party companies or calculate your own tax. PAYE also protects you from breaching IR35 tax regulations.

Benefits of working for HFH:

 Excellent rates of pay– PAYE, no additional third-party administration.

Enhanced rates for weekends and bank holidays.

Paid holiday.

Company pension scheme.

Carer Recognition scheme.

Refer a friend scheme for employees. £150 for carers, £500 for Registered Nurses

Free confidential wellbeing and support telephone line

Retail rewards & savings via the Blue Light Card scheme

Requirements:

You must be over 18 to apply

Have the right to work in the UK

Flexibility on travel - some shifts may require you to drive or have access to public transport

A good standard of English and the ability to communicate effectively

An enhanced DBS, which you can apply for upon registration