Care Worker - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Be Caring

Be Caring

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

_Applicants must be based in Tyneside, UK._
We are looking for
Complex & Palliative Care Workers to join our Complex & Palliative Home Care service.

As part of your role, you will have a mixture of complex, non-complex and palliative care calls. _You will provide care and support for people living in Gosforth, Kenton, Fawdon and surrounding areas._

Pay:
£11.00 (Complex) /
£10.50 (Non-complex and Palliative)

Block payment hours available for drivers (ask our recruitment team for further information)
Mileage 40p per mile for drivers
Parttime hours available
Fulltime hours available
Bonus schemes
: up to £300 new starter (based on average hours worked), £300 Refer a Friend, £250 annual bonus, £25 birthday gift voucher.

Palliative care requires individuals who are kind, dedicated, committed, and have a genuine desire to support someone to have high-quality person-centred end-of-life care.

The goal is to make sure our customers' needs are met, where they feel most comfortable, within their own homes.

Complex care is person-centred specialist support for someone with a chronic, long-term health condition and complex needs, who require extra assistance to manage their symptoms and day-to-day activities to enable a high quality of life.

This will include some people who have complex care needs, for example, PEG feeds, tracheostomy care, spinal injuries, bowel care, ventilation.
Our in-house Nurse will ensure you have the competencies and specialist training for your
role.

Working hours and shift patterns:

Alternate full weekends, or every Saturday or every Sunday
Early shift: 7:00am 3:00pm
Late shift: 3:00pm 11:00pm

Benefits

Fully funded DBS.
Paid induction training
Opportunity for further development funded Level 2 courses.
Holiday pay: annual leave accumulates with working hours.
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): 24hour helpline, advice and guidance for yourself and dependents.
Union membership (optional): through our partnership with the GMB.
Mileage: 40p/mile (driver), 15p/mile (cyclist).

Comprehensive Training

If you have the right values, we will provide you with the training you need to be an outstanding
Complex & Palliative Care Worker.

You will be provided with specialist and bespoke training, designed around the needs of the individuals you provide care for.

You will be required to participate in additional training dependent on the needs of the service user, this may include but is not limited to:

Extensive endoflife training.
Complex training and competency spot checks, carried out by our registered nurse, which could include:
Nutritional needs via PEG
Bowel care
Cough assist
Tracheostomy care
Spinal injury associated care
Ventilation needs
Assistance with suction
Acquired brain injury (ABI) associated needs
Support with epilepsy including rescue medication administration
Dealing with autonomic dysreflexia (AD) attacks
Complex moving and positioning, including the use of equipment