Company Description

Location: Brighton

Pay Rate: £15 per hour

Shifts Available: Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays - 8am - 8pm

Bring your caring and compassionate attitude to our fantastic team.

As an Advantage Healthcare Care Assistant, you’ll deliver award-winning care to support our clients in their own homes, helping them maintain their independence, dignity, and self-worth. Every day is different!

We're sorry, but we do not currently offer sponsorship to applicants.

Benefits for our Complex Care Assistants

As a care professional, you'll get:

• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Paid annual leave
• Pension scheme
• Refer-a-friend bonus
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Fully funded Enhanced DBS check
• Ongoing training and career development opportunities
• Access to our in-house app
• Work for the largest care company in the UK!
• Book an interview at a time and date that suits you!

Job Description

Complex Care Assistant: Role & Responsibilities

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Complex Care Assistant. You will receive full training and clinical support to develop and improve skills in various complex areas, including tracheotomy, ventilation, seizure management, and stoma care, among others.

The client is a young gentleman who is wheelchair bound with spinal muscular atrophy who is currently studying mathematics and business at university. Your day-to-day in this role will be to support him during his educational studies and to offer companionship during social and daily activities.

Qualifications

Care Assistant Job: Skills & Requirements

Previous experience in a complex care assistant role would be extremely advantageous in the following:

• Tracheostomy Management
• Medication
• Moving & Handling Equipment
• Mobility
• Good Communication Skills

Otherwise, the care assistant skills and attributes needed are:

• Compassion
• Resilience
• A willingness to learn

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We are transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.

Keywords: Carer, Care Assistant, Care Professional, Care Worker, Healthcare Assistants, Support Workers