Health Care Assistant - Community

Vacancy details

Are you a caring person looking to make a difference in your local area, do you feel people deserve the best care and you can provide this by making a positive difference to people’s lives by going the extra mile? If so, this is the job for you!

Thames Care @ Home is a service aligned to Thames Hospice Community services, supplying personal care and helping people in the community remain  comfortable at home in their last 6 weeks of life. This role will offer daily satisfaction as you play a vital part in helping our patients.

As a Health community Care Assistant you will work early shifts 8:30am-2:30pm and / or late shifts 4pm-10pm. Every other weekends 8:30am-2:30pm and /or 4pm-10pm. You will be travelling to patients homes from the beautiful surroundings of Bray Lake, Maidenhead using one of our four pool cars we have available for the service. We are looking for applicants from all over Berkshire as we grow. The ideal candidate will have a genuine interest in caring for others, will be compassionate, sensitive, flexible, reliable and professional. You must work as part of a team, confidently delivering an excellent service.

We care about you and aspire to be an outstanding employer. In return we will provide:

• Saturday shifts are paid at time and one thirds or £14.40 per hour

• Sunday shifts are paid at time and two thirds or £18 per hour

• Shift pay work, you will be paid from the start of your shift until the end, not on the number of patients visits

• 27 days paid annual leave entitlement, plus 8 bank holidays

• Alternate weekends off ensuring work/life balance

• Use of our pool cars to travel to our patients homes (Required to be 25 years of age or over)

• Free uniform

• Free parking at the Hospice

• On-site discounted café

• Employee Pension Scheme

• Blue light discount card, giving you discounts at many high street and online retailers

• Health and wellbeing support (including occupational sick pay)

• Outstanding training and support to enable you to succeed and progress in your career

• Full Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provided

• Team member of the year award

• Not an agency, we put our people first

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kelly Harvey on 01628 560871 or e-mail kelly.harvey@thamescareathome.co.uk

This appointment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including Barred lists.

This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received.

If this is not the role for you, please do still get in touch, as we would be happy to discuss what else is available and to match the perfect job for you.