Description
Healthcare Assistant – Homecare
Somerset
£24071 – £25674
Monday to Friday 9-5
Meridian Business Support has an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant – Homecare to join our client, based in Somerset.
Your role is to provide high quality clinical support for patients in their own homes and you will be required to demonstrate the knowledge and skills associated with this type of care.
Key Duties:
Provide empathetic and professional support to service patients, families, and clinical leads.
Maintain a patient focus as well as being the first point of contact for patients and prescribers of Home Oxygen Services.
Assessment and Review services in the event of difficulties or complaints.
Support the service through delivery of training, ongoing service user clinical support and maintenance of patient focused care.
Under direct supervision: conduct and interpret results from basic monitoring tests including blood pressure, pulse oximetry, temperature, blood gases, heart rate and breathing rate
About you:
6 Months Experience as a Healthcare worker or Support Worker
Full UK Driving License
Experience in respiratory care preferred but not essential
Training and educational skills
The ability to analyse issues and problem solve
Compassionate and caring attitude
Must be a team player but able to work on own initiative, be innovative and resourceful
Evidence of continual professional development and training
Benefit
Annual leave starting at 23 days, rising to 25 days within 2 years with service year (with further increases every 5 years)
Life Insurance cover
Company Pension Scheme
Health and Wellbeing scheme
Fully funded health cash plan for preventative medical treatment including dental, optical, physiotherapy, diagnostic treatment and 24/7 access to GP services
Employee Assistance Programme – which supports you and your family with individual specialist advice
Cycle to work scheme
Access to Blue Light card – unique only to healthcare workers!
If you are interested and would like more information regarding the role please contact Nikki Stephenson on (phone number removed)
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy
