Healthcare Assistant Support Worker

£12.71 - £14/annum Location Slough, Berkshire Company Ambitious Healthcare Description Key Skills/Key Words Caring, kind, good communication skills, observational skills, willing to give personal care. About Us: Ambitious Healthcare is a Health and Social Care recruitment agency. We always want to know more. We want to know about people, organisations, ways of working, best practices, success stories. We want to know what works. And what works very well. And we are always sharing our knowledge so that others are successful, because this improves outcomes for everyone. Detailed Job Description: The work role includes: * washing and dressing patients, toileting, making beds, providing individual patient care, * serving meals and helping to feed elderly patients, * helping people to move around, * talking to patients and making them comfortable, * monitoring patients' conditions (e.g. taking temperatures, weight etc.) and reporting to the senior, * preparing the seating and dining area, * record keeping (e.g. writing daily care plan). Skills and personal characteristics: To be a healthcare assistant, you will need to be: * caring and kind, * cheerful and friendly, * willing to be hands-on with patients, * willing to do personal care, * able to follow instructions and procedures, * able to work in a team but use your own initiative, * good communication skills, Additionally the following skills are required for Senior Carer only: * blood pressure monitoring, * medication management, * allocating tasks to carers, * reporting to Manager, * be able to report to the Pay Rates: £12.71 to £14.00 per hour depending on work experience. Specific requirements: Drivers will be given priorty due to nature of the work. There are no set entry requirements to become a healthcare assistant. We expect your good literacy and numeracy ability. Your training as a healthcare assistant will include basic nursing skills and you will work towards the Care Certificate. Career progression: You may also get the chance to study: Level 2 in Health and Social Care qualifications, Level 3 in Health and Social Care qualifications. Please submit your current CV with the last 5 years of work & education history without gaps