Job Title: Healthcare Assistant Clinical & Personal Support
Location: Fareham, Hampshire
Hours: 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, Permanent
Pay: Up to £15.45 per hour
Benefits:
Company pension
Experience:
Care: 1 year (preferred)
Language:
English (required)
Licence/Certification:
UK Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
United Kingdom (required)
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