Job description
Verve Homecare is a leading care provider who puts care at the heart of everything we do. We support a range of clients varying in age and care requirements which can include mental health, learning disabilities, physical disabilities, and clients with more complex clinical needs. Are you looking to join a remarkable team, who spend every day making a difference to people’s lives? We are looking for compassionate, kind, and supportive people to become part of our proud team at Verve Homecare.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implementing treatment plans and administering medication or therapeutic care to their patients
- Observing patients for behavioural changes
- Supervising and monitoring the patient within their home/ community etc. to ensure their safety.
- Monitor the patient’s conditions and assist them with daily activities.
- Personal care: Assist with personal hygiene, washing assistance with using the toilet, assistance with incontinence inc. pads, commodes, and catheter bags.
- Support with eating and drinking: Ensuring that clients are encouraged to eat a healthy, balanced diet and the correct quantities, prepared meals look appetising and make sure the way they eat is appropriate for the client.
- Assisting with shopping: This is completed on the client’s request and a finance form must be completed with a receipt.
- Assist with mobility: Use of a hoist or other aides, or assistance in standing and movement. Dressing or assisting with any physical activity whereby the client’s needs support.
- Maintaining clean working environment
- Record keeping: Medication chart (MAR), logbook (recording each visit to communicate to the next carer), care plan updates.
- Promote independence: to allow the client to do as much as they can for themselves and only offer support where they need it.
- Maintain professional relationships: clients can only be visited on duty and a carer must be in full uniform, with ID and PPE (personal protection equipment).
- Always work with empathy, honesty, and integrity
If you have any of the following experience, it will support your application:
- Tracheostomy care
- Ventilation care
- Medication management
- Catheter care
- Manual handling
- Spinal Injury
- Epilepsy
- PEG
- Experience of working with clients with complex care needs
About you:
- Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and listening.
- A caring and compassionate attitude
- The ability to commit to regular (flexible) hours.
- NMC Statement of Entry
Job Type: Zero hours contract
Salary: £50-£60 P/H
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Ability to commute.
Licence/Certification:
- NMC (required)