Healthcare Assistant (12 month specified contract)

Are you passionate about dementia care? We are seeking to appoint Healthcare Assistants on a 12 specified contract to cover maternity leave.

The successful candidates should be flexible and committed and fulfil the following criteria:

· Ability to be flexible, communicate effectively and multi-task as required.

· Current experience in the care of the elderly and people living with dementia

· Demonstrate attitudes and beliefs consistent with being person-centred

· FETAC Level 5 Healthcare Support Certificate.

• Ensuring full compliance with all Health & Safety regulations

• Strong attention to detail and the ability to work as part of a team or on their own initiative.

• Two to threes experience in Irelands Healthcare System.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Meet an individual’s physical and personal care needs to a high quality standard and with sensitivity under the guidance of the staff nurse or CNM 2.
• Demonstrate attitudes and beliefs consistent with being person centred.
• Display an awareness and evidence on a daily basis of why feelings matter most to individuals
• Demonstrate commitment to and skills in the person centred approach ‘Being a Butterfly’, effectively neutralising neutral care.
• Show evidence of being focused on people’s feelings when providing personal care and knowing how to turn a task into positive social interaction.
• Demonstrate within the team a relaxed manner and a skill in ‘going with the flow’ emphasising people’s individual needs and not tasks and routines whilst ensuring work requirements are met.
• Present a positive approach, not controlling language and actions towards people.
• Display a sense of spontaneity and ability to change the moment positively for people.
• Seek to remove all potential controlling elements of care cultures and to remove all features of a ‘them and us’ care approach.
• Effectively maintain care records that emphasise and can be measured as delivering on a daily basis a person centred approach.
• Contribute to the development of an Enriched Care Plan and assist in its implementation and evaluation in consultation with the person’s family / relative as appropriate
• Contribute positively to a team approach in being person centred with one another.
• Know how to and demonstrate evidence of increasing individual’s well-being and reducing ill-being
• Support families, friends and supporters of people experiencing a dementia balancing this with the promotion of a person centred approach to individuals
• Assist in the preparation and serving of food ensuring that mealtimes are a social occasion for people.
• Engage with and supporting our volunteer team.
• Comply with all Health & Safety legislation and responsibilities.
• Participate in education, training and professional development plan.