Sligo Nursing Home is a luxurious, custom-designed, nursing home and one of our most popular nursing and residential homes.
The home has 62 beds with 30 private luxury ensuite rooms and 16 luxury double rooms for those preferring to share.
We are now recruiting for
Healthcare Assistants to join our existing multi-disciplinary team.
Purpose of the role The Healthcare Assistant works as a member of a team delivering care to the residents via the Named Nurse concept. As such a team member, the Care Assistant contributes to the fulfilment of Mowlam Healthcare’s philosophy of care.
What does the role entail?
- Supporting the nursing staff and team in delivering high quality person-centred care to meet all care needs of residents.
- Getting to know residents’ interests and needs, providing attention, support, and companionship.
- Promoting the mobility of residents, supervising, and assisting as necessary to ensure optimum mobility is maintained and improved where possible.
- Enabling and assisting residents to maintain their personal appearance /hygiene needs while always maintaining their dignity.
- Communicating with nurses regarding resident's condition or any aspect of resident's daily life
- Enabling and assisting residents to eat/drink and achieve physical comfort.
- Participating, organising, and carrying out social activities
- Sustaining high level of communication between resident’s family and staff developing good relationships
- Assisting in the upkeep of high standards of cleanliness in the home
- Contributing to the maintenance of Health and Safety in the home
- Any other duties deemed necessary by Nurse in Charge and management.
What are the qualifications/skills needed?
- FETAC/QQI Level 5 qualification in Healthcare (completed or in process of completing)
- Experience working in a healthcare environment (with a good knowledge of HIQA standards) preferable
- Excellent communication skills
- Can work independently or part of a team
- Ability to maintain a positive approach in a sometimes-challenging environment
- Fluent level of English both written and oral
What do we offer?
- Guaranteed hours contracts
- Premium Sunday and Bank Holidays rates
- Paid breaks
- Retail Discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Death in Service Cover
- Comprehensive induction training and continued in-house training/professional development.
- Opportunities for career progression
- Paid trainings
- Subsidised meals
All posts are subject to satisfactory references, medical and Garda vetting.
Note This job description is intended to give the post holder an appreciation of the role and the range of duties, it does not attempt to detail every activity. Given the nature of the work, it must be stressed that maximum flexibility is required to work in the nursing home. Specific tasks and objectives will be agreed with the post holder periodically by the Home Manager.
