Senior Healthcare Assistants - South Dublin

Heritage Homecare is seeking to recruit experienced Senior Healthcare Assistants to join our South Dublin team. This is a guaranteed hours contract, depending on the candidates availability.

Rates of Pay :

Monday- Friday- €17.00 an hour

Saturday- Sunday- €20.00 an hour if worked

The Role :

This role involves providing temporary care services to new clients; those already at home or those awaiting discharge from hospital. The clients may have needs that vary from moderate to high complex needs and the Senior Healthcare Assistant will work with them initially to support a settled and comprehensive service. The Senior Healthcare Assistant will then provide guidance and mentoring to the newly allocated carer team. The role will also require successful candidates to provide direct client care and to cover planned annual leave and day to day absences to ensure continuity of care. This will be within reason and agreed with their direct manager.

Reporting directly to the Quality Manager the main functions of the role are :

• Provide direct client care
• Effectively provide initial care to clients to commence their new home care package
• Cover clients for annual leave / sick leave as agreed by direct line manager
• Be able to effectively communicate with team members, and support working relationships with other health professionals along with office staff
• Respond professionally to emergency on call situations, ensuring all needs are met
• Assist and support Quality team in ensuring compliance with care standards and regulations
• Support staff within the team by guiding and mentoring other care team members
• Assist with administration of client files within the home and assistance with PPE distribution

This list is not exhaustive and may require taken on additional duties that maybe assigned by Quality Manager

Candidate Requirements :

Company Profile :

Heritage Homecare is a Nurse led homecare company providing care to older people in their own homes since 2014. We are based in Dun Laoghaire and Sandyford and serve the South Dublin area. We provide home care to private clients who require support at home varying from companionship for an hour or two a week, to personal care, specialised Dementia care, and live-in care. We are also a HSE Approved Service Provider in Dun Laoghaire / Dublin South East (CHO6) and also West Dublin (CHO7).

Visit www.heritagehomecare.ie for more information about the Heritage Homecare.

Job Type : Permanent

Pay : €17.00 - €20.00 per hour

Expected hours : Part time / Full time

Benefits : Company Events

Employee assistance program

Free or subsidised travel

Refer a friend scheme

Full PPE provided

On-site parking

Fortnightly payroll

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