Care Assistant (EMD/2705) Bournemouth, England
Salary: GBP14 - GBP15 per hour
Role: Care Assistant
Location: Bournemouth
Hours: Full time hours available for summer holidays
About the role:
You’ll provide specialist, person‑centred care to a young service user with complex needs in a home setting. The role involves delivering safe clinical and social care in partnership with family and professionals.
You will be required to:
* Provide continuous observation and monitoring
* Support airway management and oxygen therapy, responding promptly to changes in saturation levels
* Deliver enteral feeding, hydration, and medication safely via gastrostomy
* Assist with personal care, hygiene, and continence support
* Support safe mobility and manual handling, following specific guidance to prevent injury
* Carry out repositioning throughout the night to maintain airway safety and skin integrity
* Monitor and record vital signs, input/output, and clinical observations
* Support pain management, recognising non‑verbal cues and escalating when necessary
* Maintain accurate and timely documentation and reporting
Benefits
* Theoretical and practical training is provided to ensure you have the correct skills and give yourself the opportunity to upskill yourself in the sector.
* Ongoing support from our Office Team, Registered Managers and Clinical Nurses.
* Weekly pay via PAYE or umbrella schemes.
* Bank holiday paid at time and a half.
* Holiday pay.
Requirements for the Role:
* A minimum of 6 months of professional UK care experience.
* Must hold a full UK driving licence.
* Excellent communication skills and the patience to build a strong, understanding relationship with an individual who has full mental capacity and can make his own choices.
* The ability to follow detailed care plans and protocols meticulously.
* A proactive and observant nature, able to spot subtle changes in an individual’s condition.
* To provide the correct compliance documents, including an updated Right to Work and a valid DBS certificate.
Equal Opportunities
Sugarman Health and Wellbeing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity or disability.
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