Complex Care Assistant

Care Assistant - Complex Care (Community Role)

Location: Dover
Pay Rate: £14 - £16 per hour (plus holiday pay entitlement)
Shifts: Day - Friday, Saturday or Sundays - 08:00 - 20:00

We are looking for an experienced Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker or Carer join our community-based team supporting an adult client with complex health needs in Dover. This is a unique opportunity to deliver high-quality clinical care while enabling the client to live a more independent and fulfilling life

The Role

As a Healthcare Assistant in our Complex Care Team, you will provide high-quality, hands-on bedside care to a client with complex clinical and personal care needs. You will work long-term with one client, allowing you to build strong, consistent relationships and deliver truly person-centred care.

About the Client

Our client is a young adult who lives at home with her Parents and 3 older Siblings. She enjoys cooking, arts and crafts, and socialising with friends. She loves fun days out and spending time caring for her three dogs, chickens and horse. An interest in cooking, creativity and a genuine love of animals is essential, as animals are a big part of her daily life.

The Clients Medical Needs Include:

• Tracheobronchomalacia (unstable airways)
• Cerebral Palsy
• Deep brain stimulator in situ
• Dystonia
• PEG feeding
• Oxygen therapy (nasal cannulas/mask as required)
• Bipap ventilation
• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GRD)
• Scoliosis
• Scaffold airway
• Non-verbal communication (eye gaze during the day, charts at night

You will work closely alongside a Registered Nurse, receiving ongoing clinical guidance, supervision and support. Our nurses provide regular assessments, training and oversight to ensure safe, effective care delivery at all times

What We're Looking For

• Clinical confidence and strong initiative
• Empathetic, bubbly, and able to fit in with a close-knit family
• Excellent communication skills

Apply now and become a valued part of a family-centred care package, delivering exceptional 1:1 bedside support to a young adult in her home.

Superior Healthcare is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and registration is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and references. Payment via a limited company is not offered.

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Responsibilities

• Providing personal care, PEG feeding, and medication administration.
• Supporting with morning routines, activities, days out, cooking
• Driving mobility vehicles

Requirements

• Full UK driving license with access to your own car
• A minimum of 1 year of recent care employment involving personal and bedside care
• The full right to work in the UK (we do not offer sponsorship)
• Minimum commitment of 2 shifts per week

Benefits

• Choice of day, night and weekend shifts
• Blue light card - we'll pay for it.
• Reflecting the hard work that you do.
• Earn a £50 voucher for every friend you refer who joins our team.
• Thorough paid training and supported induction, with annual paid refreshers.
• Industry-leading training with annual paid refreshers.
• We help you save for Christmas.
• Wellbeing support including up to 6 face-to-face counselling sessions.
• In-house wellbeing team to support you.
• 24/7 live chat and video calls with trained counsellors, and free financial and legal advice.
• We reward Employees of the Month with a £100 voucher.
• Employee events throughout the year, including fish and chips on the beach.
• Consistent support from our team of Nurses and Field Care Supervisors.
• In-house womens health support.
• Accumulate holiday pay as you work.