Salary: Market related
Reference: HCA Laois
Medforce Healthcare are currently recruiting Heatlhcare Assistants for agency work in Laois.
If you are looking to further your career, Medforce Healthcare are offering successful candidates the chance to join our growing team of Healthcare Assistants while being rewarded for your hard work with fantastic rates aligned with the HSE PayScale.
Working as an agency Healthcare Assistant with Medforce Healthcare will give you the opportunity to work around your own schedule and get that perfect work/life balance!

Your Duties:

• Helping patients with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Encouraging and aiding patients in exercises and mobility activities as directed by healthcare professionals.
• Assisting patients with eating and drinking.
• Aiding in wound care and dressing changes
• Maintaining accurate patient records
• Adhering to Protocols by following hospital policies, procedures, and protocols and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including infection control practice
• Recording observations and reporting changes in patient condition.
• Organising and maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients and staff

What You Need:

• Caring, patient, and empathetic nature.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Access to a vehicle is desirable
• Full 8 Modules of QQI/Fetac Level 5 completed OR undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing Student

Medforce is one of multiple Tier 2 suppliers, all agencies on the supplier panel pay the same hourly rates

• Helping patients with bathing, dressing, and grooming.
• Encouraging and aiding patients in exercises and mobility activities as directed by healthcare professionals.
• Assisting patients with eating and drinking.
• Aiding in wound care and dressing changes
• Maintaining accurate patient records
• Adhering to Protocols by following hospital policies, procedures, and protocols and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, including infection control practice
• Recording observations and reporting changes in patient condition.
• Organising and maintaining a clean and safe environment for patients and staf