Healthcare Assistant
Permanent full time position 37.5 hours per week
Pay rate £11.44 per hour
Specialism
Acquired brain injury and a range of other neurological conditions such as Huntingtons disease, Parkinsons, and multiple sclerosis.
Purpose
To carry out high quality holistic person-centred care and support to individuals accessing the client services.
Experience, Skills And Ability
Minimum 1 year care experience
Experience With Acquired Brain Injury And Physical Disabilities
Proven experience of working within a team
Good communication skills
Numeracy and literacy skills
IT skills including accessing and using the internet, email, and word
Key Responsibilities
Working with other team members to ensure optimum cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and functional recovery. Ensuring that rehabilitation goals, strategies and procedures are implemented and reinforced
Monitoring the physical and emotional well-being of all clients in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues, as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morale of clients by communication and contact achieved by talking and working with them
Ensuring accurate reporting and documentation
Reviewing and making suggestions to enhance the individuals experience. Challenging practice as appropriate and supporting junior and new staff
Promoting choice in the delivery of care and support. Enabling concerns and complaints to be raised freely by the individual and/or their representatives.
Supporting service users to have their views and experiences taken into account in the way the service is provided and delivered
Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks
For more information, please call LKA Recruitment on 01206 616695 option 3 or email your CV to