About Goodness & Mercy Healthcare
At Goodness & Mercy Healthcare, we have a passion for delivering comprehensive and robust physical and nursing care support to the elderly and most vulnerable people in the community. Our strap line, ‘putting an extra touch of love into care’, accentuates this passion. We are not just a healthcare organisation; we go over and beyond to provide the best service to our service users.
As an organisation, we are committed to fostering an environment which is welcoming, respectful and inclusive for every team member with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
About the Role:
- Capacity for female candidates only due to client preference
- Candidates must hold a full UK driving licence
- Alternate weekend flexibility is a requirement for this role
Are you warm, friendly, compassionate? Do you consider yourself to have great value and flair for caring for others? Have you got admirable care experience and/or in-depth understanding of caring? If this sounds like you, then we would like to hear from you.
We are currently looking for Carers to provide person-centred care to our clients in their own homes.
As a Carer, you will play a vital role in the care of patients. Working with support from more senior healthcare professionals, you will take care of the day-to-day needs of patients by providing help with personal care, meals and mobility.
Areas Covered:
- Aldershot, Farnham, Camberley, Farnborough, Ash, Yateley, Tongham
Shifts:
- Morning, lunch, tea and bedtime. Our shifts run between 7.45am and 8.30pm
Hourly Rate:
- £12 per hour
- 45p per mile
Responsibilities include but not limited to:
• Carrying out a range of housekeeping duties
• Performing basic medical tasks, such as taking a patient’s temperature, pulse, respiration rate, administration of medication.
• Serving meals and helping to feed patients.
• Helping patients to move around.
• Talking to patients and making them comfortable.
• Providing support in maintaining personal care including infection prevention and control, personal hygiene and overall reassurance, comfort and safety
• Promoting positive mental, physical, nutritional health with patients.
Qualifications/Skills Required:
• Experience caring for vulnerable individuals
• Excellent ability to communicate, build and maintain interpersonal relationships
• Ability to demonstrate good personal qualities including a warm friendly and cheerful disposition, empathetic, caring and kind nature.
• Ability to adapt and address situations quickly
• A driving license and access to a vehicle is essential
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Working with us accrues a lot of benefits for you. These include:
• Mileage payment
• Refer a friend Bonus Scheme
• Automatic enrolment into our pension scheme
