Job Title: Healthcare Assistant
Location: High Wycombe (Nights)
Salary: £28,321 per annum (full time)
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Royal Star & Garter was founded in 1916 to care for the severely injured young men returning from the battlegrounds of the First World War. Today, our mission is to provide an outstanding range of quality care and therapies to veterans and their partners living with disability or dementia.
Working Patterns:
- 36 hours per week, across two week fixed rota
- Over time paid at time-and-a-quarter
- Equivalent of 25 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
- Night shifts for HCAs – 19.30pm to 07.30am
- We have a fixed 2 week rota for all staff which includes working every other weekend
The Role:
Deliver the highest quality care and support to residents to enable them to live their lives to their fullest potential.
Wherever appropriate to do this with residents not for them, enabling engagement in meaningful activity and maintaining independence for as long as possible
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Assist residents to attain their full potential in their activities of daily living, recognising and enabling their choices
- Promote independence and empower residents
- Assist residents with personal hygiene, appearance, mobility, food and meals in accordance with their Care Plan
- Ensure accurate record keeping including physical and emotional well-being and resident choices
- Actively encourage and enable engagement with personal and group activities
- Actively participate in supervision and appraisal using it to support your personal development
- Work in accordance with all relevant legislation, codes of practice, policies and procedures
- Undertake other duties as may be requested from time to time, consistent with the nature of the post.
- Maintain a high degree of confidentiality at all times
Essential behaviours / characteristics:
- Demonstrate warmth, compassion and understanding of older people with disabilities and physical care needs and, those living with dementia
- Willing to go the extra mile to enable our residents to live their best lives
- Flexible, adaptable, positive and proactive with a ‘can-do’ attitude
- Good spoken and written English
- A commitment to personal and professional development
- Committed to our mission, values and to enabling outstanding care for veterans
Essential experience
- Physically fit and able to use necessary equipment include wheelchairs and hoists
- Computer / IT skills to at least basic level
Desirable experience
- NVQ/RQF Level 2 in Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards achieving this
- Experience of and genuine desire to work in care of older people/ people with disabilities / dementia care
Benefits:
- Employer Pension Contribution of 7.5% with matching
- Employee contribution of 5%
- Life insurance of 3 x salary (until age 70)
- Two months full occupational sick pay, 1 month half pay before statutory sick pay
- Access to appropriate professional bodies and payment of membership fees after 6 months of employment
- Learning and Development – fully funded opportunities to support you in your role
Please note:
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Support Worker, Carer, Health Care Assistant, Home Care Worker, Care Support Worker, Residential Care Worker, Carer, Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant, Social Carer, Support Worker, Enabler, Care Worker, Support Assistant, Care Helper, Care Assist, Healthcare Assistant, Residential Care Support, Social Care, NVQ2 may also be considered for this role.
