Healthcare Assistant
Job Reference: OX-001-1A
Location: Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire, UK
Salary: Depending on experience
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As a Healthcare assistant, you will play a vital role in the care of patients. Working under the direction of more senior healthcare professionals, you will take care of the day-to-day needs of patients by providing help with personal care, meals and mobility.
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
• Carrying out a range of housekeeping duties
• Performing basic medical tasks, such as taking a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration
rate, administration of medication.
• Serving meals and helping to feed patients.
• Helping patients to move around.
• Talking to patients and making them comfortable.
• Providing support in maintaining personal care including infection prevention and control,
personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety
• Promoting positive mental, physical, nutritional health with patients.
Minimum Requirement
Skills & Experience:
• Admirable Care experience
• Excellent ability to communicate, build and maintain interpersonal relationships
• Ability to demonstrate good personal qualities including a warm, Friendly and Cheerful
disposition, caring and kind nature, Empathetic
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check
Benefits
- Flexible Hours -To suit your needs, full or part time, days, evening, weekends
- Local induction with free pack.
- Competitive rates
- Expert training, supervision and ongoing support
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If you are interested in this opportunity please download and complete the application form by clicking the link below.
Alternatively send your CV to info@goodness-mercyhealthcare.org