Live in Personal Assistant

Live in Personal Assistant

Job Reference: LIPA

Location: East London

- £120/ day

- One female client

- Live – in, 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off

The Role:

We are currently recruiting a Live In Personal Assistantto provide care to one of our client.

The client:

She has a C4 spinal injury. She lives alone and is fully verbally independent. At the present time she has three pressure ulcers which have left her bed ridden.

The client is friendly, organised and flexible. It is these attributes that she is looking for in a PA.

You will have full access to Wifi and a comfortable, clean bedroom. All amenities are close by in this affluent area of London.

About the job:

- Your will be working alongside district nurses who come in daily to dress the wounds or change the vac pump dressing

- Insure that the supply of dressings are up to date. Knowledge of wound dressing is preferable but not essential

- Assisting to book appointments and transport for hospital visits. A good working knowledge of using tablets, laptops and phones is required so that the electronic and paper calendar is kept up to date. As the client is on bed rest, all shopping is completed online. Hence the need to have some computer skills

- Good manual handling skills so that the turning schedule is endeared too

- Assisting the client with ordering medication, supplies and prescriptions from the doctor and pharmacy

- Assist the client with passive movements, splinting and FES

- Household chores need to be carried out on a daily basis

- All washing and ironing is to be completed by the PA or prior to the discussion with the client

Experience and attributes:

- Previous carer experience

- Experience with patient who has spinal injury would be an advantage

- Excellent communication skills, written, verbal and listening

- A caring, empathetic, and compassionate attitude

- A general initiative, common sense and confidence is a must

- Enthusiastic and willing to learn

We are keen to hear from Carers who feel they can truly make a difference, whilst providing the highest standard of care for our clients.

HFH Healthcare Assistants receive free in-house patient specific training delivered by our highly experienced nursing team. Clinical training includes but is not limited to Tracheostomy Care and Change, Non-invasive Ventilation, Oral & Nasal suction, and Nebulisers.

We invest in all our teams to provide continuous individual development.

Mission:

At HFH Healthcare, our mission is to be the most trusted and highly regarded provider of nurse-led specialist complex healthcare for adults and children in and around London.

We are a fast-growing independent organisation, delivering high-quality, individually-tailored and flexible care through teams of highly trained specialist nurses or nurse led Health Care Assistants. We provide care and rehabilitation for a wide variety of injuries, disabilities and long-term conditions to highly dependent patients in the comfort and security of their own homes, throughout London and the Home Counties.

Working in partnership with the NHS continuing healthcare teams and private teams, our enhanced level of specialist clinical support enables individual clients to remain in their home even when the level of health care required is highly complex.

If you would like to join our friendly team and be rewarded for your skills we would love to hear from you, please apply by submitting your CV and covering letter or contact 0208 605 9712 ext. 248, please submit your CV to HQRecruitment@hfhhealthcare.co.uk

To find out more about HFH Healthcare visit our website: www.hfhcare.co.uk

HFH Healthcare

Head office

Tuition House

27-37 St George’s Road Wimbledon

London, SW19 4EU

Recruitment team

recruitment@hfhhealthcare.co.uk

0208 605 9712