Female Personal Healthcare Assistant LR6208

Hours/shifts: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday Saturday and Sunday mornings for 4 hours and up to 2 hours in the evenings. Actual shift times by mutual agreement Job share welcome

• I am a young woman in my thirties.
• I like to be independent but currently need a lot of support around my flat and with personal care including health care tasks due to several health issues after a rough couple of years.
• The job will involve helping with stoma care, tube feeding, medications, domestic tasks, accessing the community and most importantly helping me avoid hospital admissions.

• "Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9."
• Non-smoker preferred or someone who is willing to refrain from smoking during work hours.
• Must have a UK driving license

Successful applicants will be entitled to Holiday pay and will be issued employment contracts.

• Light housework- hoovering, washing up, put washing on.
• All rubbish and recycling out
• Help with cooking
• Help organise paperwork
• Check for out of date food.
• Putting out clinical waste once a week
• Making up hot water bottles
• Changing the bed
• Make up fresh St Mark’s solution daily

• Prepare medication for JEJ tube
• Run me a bath & wash hair when needed
• Help me dress and tidy bathroom from bath
• Stoma care
• Set up and connect me to my feed St Mark’s solution.
• Looking for signs of low blood sugar and testing to see if I’m having a hypo, then administering medication if needed

• Help getting to appointments & being an advocate
• Collecting medications from pharmacy
• Accessing the community Sunday shift will include accompanying me to wheelchair basketball

Person specification

• Respectful of the employer’s privacy and confidentiality
• Reliable with good time-keeping
• Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
• Hygienic, tidy minded and well organised
• Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
• Patience and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Honest and cheerful and kind
• Able to speak and read English fluently
• Legally permitted to work in the United Kingdom
• Able to work at all times to high standards of Health & Safety

Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position you will be employed directly by the individual employer and not Independent Lives