Healthcare Assistant

Are you passionate about dementia care? We are seeking to appoint Healthcare Assistants.

The successful candidates should be flexible and committed and fulfil the following criteria:

· Ability to be flexible, communicate effectively and multi-task as required.

· Current experience in the care of the elderly and people living with dementia

· Demonstrate attitudes and beliefs consistent with being person-centred

· FETAC Level 5 Healthcare Support Certificate.

• Ensuring full compliance with all Health & Safety regulations

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work as part of a team or on their own initiative.

• Two or more years experience in Irelands Healthcare System working in this role.

Please note we will not consider, and cannot respond to, your application unless you meet ALL the criteria outlined above.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Meet an individual’s physical and personal care needs to a high quality standard and with sensitivity under the guidance of the staff nurse or CNM 2.
• Demonstrate attitudes and beliefs consistent with being person centred.
• Display an awareness and evidence on a daily basis of why feelings matter most to individuals
• Demonstrate commitment to and skills in the person centred approach ‘Being a Butterfly’, effectively neutralising neutral care.
• Show evidence of being focused on people’s feelings when providing personal care and knowing how to turn a task into positive social interaction.
• Demonstrate within the team a relaxed manner and a skill in ‘going with the flow’ emphasising people’s individual needs and not tasks and routines whilst ensuring work requirements are met.
• Present a positive approach, not controlling language and actions towards people.
• Display a sense of spontaneity and ability to change the moment positively for people.
• Seek to remove all potential controlling elements of care cultures and to remove all features of a ‘them and us’ care approach.
• Effectively maintain care records that emphasise and can be measured as delivering on a daily basis a person centred approach.
• Contribute to the development of an Enriched Care Plan and assist in its implementation and evaluation in consultation with the person’s family / relative as appropriate
• Contribute positively to a team approach in being person centred with one another.
• Know how to and demonstrate evidence of increasing individual’s well-being and reducing ill-being
• Support families, friends and supporters of people experiencing a dementia balancing this with the promotion of a person centred approach to individuals
• Assist in the preparation and serving of food ensuring that mealtimes are a social occasion for people.
• Engage with and supporting our volunteer team.
• Comply with all Health & Safety legislation and responsibilities.
• Participate in education, training and professional development plan.

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