Female Personal Healthcare Assistant
Ref: LR6208
Location: Haywards Heath
Details
I am looking for personal care for a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Hours per week:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Saturday and Sunday mornings for 4 hours and up to 2 hours in the evenings. Actual shift times by mutual agreement Job share welcome
Hourly pay rate:
£12.00 rising to £14.00ph once fully trained
I am a young woman in my thirties
I like to be independent but currently need a lot of support around my flat and with personal care including health care tasks due to several health issues after a rough couple of years.
The job will involve helping with stoma care, tube feeding, medications, domestic tasks, accessing the community and most importantly helping me avoid hospital admissions.
Duties include:
All rubbish and recycling out
Help organise paperwork
Check for out of date food.
Putting out clinical waste once a week
Making up hot water bottles
Changing the bed
Make up fresh St Mark's solution daily
Prepare medication for JEJ tube
Run me a bath & wash hair when needed
Help me dress and tidy bathroom from bath
Stoma care
Set up and connect me to my feed St Mark's solution.
Looking for signs of low blood sugar and testing to see if I'm having a hypo, then administering medication if needed
Help getting to appointments & being an advocate
Collecting medications from pharmacy
Accessing the community Sunday shift will include accompanying me to wheelchair basketball
Candidate qualities:
- Must be English speaking
Additional requirements
Non-smoker preferred or someone willing to refrain from smoking during working hours
Notes:
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required.
Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives. Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.
*Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9
