Healthcare Assistant
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Job Description
Employer: Oakwood Private Nursing Home LimitedLocation: Hawthorn Drive, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon, F42A528
Description: Health Care Assistant role
These positions are Full time, permanent, and based on a 39-hour week.Salary €30,000 annually.
Oakwood Private Nursing home is looking for an experienced enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to work full-time.
Are you Caring, committed, and want to work with older people looking after their emotional, physical, and psychological well-being?
Principal Tasks & Accountability
Underpinning all of the following is the requirement that the following tasks are conducted and completed in an effective and proficient manner that protects the dignity of each patient/resident and supports the philosophy, objectives, and goals of Oakwood Private Nursing Home Services at all times.
Direct Patient CareWash patients in bed shower or bath as required.
Making beds.
Help patients/residents to dress. Lift, move, turn, re-position patients, using the appropriate equipment at all times.
patients in toilets, on commodes and in bathrooms and assist with appropriate hygiene andWe are seeking experienced and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our team at Oakwood Nursing Home.
This is a great opportunity for both experienced and newly qualified Healthcare Assistants to be an active part of a committed multidisciplinary team.
Person Specification:
The successful candidate will have completed a QQI Level 5 (8 modules) in Healthcare or equivalent and will have a minimum of 6 months experience as a Healthcare Assistant.- Sector:
- Experienced [Non-Managerial]
Candidate Requirements
Essential- Minimum Experienced Required (Years): 1
- Minimum Qualification:Level 5 (incl Leaving Certificate/ Leaving Certificate Applied/ Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme)
- Ability Skills:Interpersonal Skills, Personal/Social Care
- Competency Skills:Problem Solving, Teamwork
- Specialising In:healthcare