Healthcare Assistants

Job summary

If you are an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you!

We are looking for compassionate and committed Healthcare Assistants in Darlington, who are passionate about delivering the highest quality one-to-one care for our service user, building positive relationships with them and their family while enabling them to live as independently as possible in his family home.

Meet our service user

Our service user is a gentleman in his early 40s, who lives in Darlington with his family and requires support with his complex care needs throughout the day and night on a 1:1 basis.

He is a big fan of rugby and cricket and enjoys attending the home matches. He enjoys spending quality time with his family, friends, and care team, enjoys listening to music, watching his favourite films and visiting the cinema.

Our service user has a vibrant force that keeps the spirit of his local community alive and thriving. He shows a genuine passion for bringing people together and is currently going through the process of campaigning to become a local councillor.

Throughout the night you will provide support with his personal care, repositioning, making clinical observations, and attending to his care needs when required. You will provide a calming environment to promote a restful nights sleep.

Main duties of the job

Our ideal care team will need a Valid Drivers Licence as our service user does have an adapted vehicle that you will be required to drive to support him in accessing the local community

Experience working with the following clinical needs is desirable, however is not essential to be considered for this role:

• Tracheostomy Care
• Ventilation Management
• Spinal Injury Awareness
• Oral suctioning
• Physiotherapy

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Days and Nights
• 2 shifts per week
• Days: 8:30am - 10:30pm
• Nights: 9:45pm - 9:00am and 10:00pm - 9:30am
• Must be Flexible to Work Days and Nights

Take a look at our payrates:

Weekdays: £13.00 per hour (Approx. £182 per 14 hour shift)

Weeknights: £13.50 per hour (Approx. £155.25 per 11.5-hour shift)

Weekends: £14.00 per hour (Approx. £196.00 per 14-hour shifts)

Bank Holiday: £15.00 per hour (Approx. £210 per 14- hour shift)

This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service user, really making an impact on his day-to-day life.

About us

We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users.

We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this.

In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

• Flexible hours to suit*
• Confirmed rotas
• Excellent rates of pay - Weekly
• Holiday pay
• Excellent rewards and recognition scheme
• Opportunity to work with other service users in the area*
• Ongoing professional training and development