Job Description
Job Title: Healthcare Assistant Clinical & Personal SupportLocation: Fareham, HampshireHours: 16-hour day shifts with 8-hour sleepovers (24-hour shifts), minimum 6 shifts per month. Flexible, including weekends, bank holidays, and occasional travel. Start date: Immediate / May 2026.Desirable:Previous care experience or qualifications (not essential as training provided).Overview:We are seeking a reliable and compassionate Healthcare Assistant to provide clinical, personal, and domestic support to a 46-year-old male with a spinal-cord injury.
You will help him live his professional, personal, and social life independently, working as part of a small, supportive care team.Key Responsibilities:Clinical & Personal Care: Bladder/bowel management, bathing, dressing, shaving, oral care, medication administration, eating support, physiotherapy, and exercises.Social Support: Accompany to medical appointments, work, social events, exercise, pet care, and UK or international trips.Domestic Duties: Cooking, meal prep, grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, ironing, light gardening.Flexibility to cover team absences and adapt to daily needs.Requirements:Comfortable providing personal and clinical care in a home environment.Full UK driving license (no endorsements) and willingness to drive employers vehicle.Willingness to travel domestically and internationally, occasionally staying away.Eligible to work in the UK; pass an enhanced DBS and criminal records check.Reliable, flexible, positive, honest, and able to work independently.Understanding of home care and spinal-cord injuries preferred, or willingness to train.Comfortable around pets (dogs) and assisting with their care.Benefits:Competitive pay: £15.45/hr weekdays/weekends, £95.12 sleepover, £12.71 training/shadow shifts, enhanced rates for bank holidays.28 days annual leave (incl. public holidays) and pension.Fully supported induction, on-shift shadowing, and ongoing training.Work-life balance in a supportive, professional team.Up to 6-month probation period with annual pay increments.Job Types: Full-time, PermanentPay: Up to £15.45 per hourBenefits:Company pensionExperience:Care: 1 year (preferred)Language:English (required)Licence/Certification:UK Driving Licence (required)Work authorisation:United Kingdom (required)TPBN1_UKTJ