Healthcare Assistant. Dublin. Irlanda

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The Healthcare Assistant will work alongside other healthcare professionals to support Service Users with all aspects of their day to day living, so they can enjoy the best possible quality of life. You will most Contribute to and enhance the quality-of-Service Users daily activities To provide safe reliable, compassionate care and support to meet the individual needs of each of our Service Users.

Ensure highest quality care is delivered by Healthcare Workers to assigned Clients.

All aspects of personal care such as showering and bathing, dressing and grooming, dental hygiene, toileting and continence care.

Assisting with medicines, ordering and collecting prescriptions or returning unwanted medicines to the pharmacy for safe disposal.

Supporting the customer to eat and drink well. For example, helping the customer to plan what to eat and drink, giving gentle encouragement, shopping, preparing and serving food and drinks, clearing the table, washing up and keeping the kitchen area clean and tidy, agreeing with the customer how to store food safely and when to dispose of out of date produce.

Safely using aids and personal equipment in a manner that respects the dignity of customers. For example walking frames, wheelchairs, manual and electric hoists, sliding sheets and moving boards, hearing aids and other physical aids.

Housework such as dusting, tidying, washing floors, vacuuming and sweeping, doing the laundry and ironing, making beds and changing the linen.

Social and physical activities or mental stimulation such as keeping in touch with friends/relatives, taking a customer out shopping or to social activities, hobbies such as reading, photo albums, games, etc.

Supporting a customer through temporary and terminal illness, including end of life care, hospital appointments, liaising with community health support and families.

Participate in assigned and delegated tasks involving direct care and all activities of daily living under the direction and supervision of your line manager e.g., washing, toileting, dressing, undressing, dining, social activities, conversation, communication support and all other aspects of daily living.

Personal care including infection prevention and control, food, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety

Direct Employer: Futurecare Homecare Specialists Ltd.

Experience and Skills

Communicates ideas and information in a form well matched to, and well received by, the relevant individual (i.e. client/fellow colleagues/Manager etc). Makes wise decisions on the spot when answering questions in a variety of different circumstances.

Qualifications

QQI Level 5 minimum requirement Care Skills and Care of The Older Person