Health Care Assistant (Driver) Brighton and Hove, UK Medical & Healthcare

Brighton, England, gb

Do you want to help others lead a more fulfilling life? Are you interested in learning new skills? Are you looking for consistent work in care, where you can choose your regular shift pattern with minimal travel?

At HFH Healthcare we meet the growing need for complex care by providing specialist nurse-led services to adults & children in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes, working in partnership with NHS Continuing Healthcare teams, our enhanced level of specialist clinical support, enables people to remain at home even when the level of healthcare required is highly complex.

We deliver care 24-hour a day, 365 days a year.

Job Description:

We are recruiting enthusiastic, reliable, and adaptable carers for days and night shifts, including weekends in the Brighton area. To provide care and companionship to a 19 year old male. Preferably we are looking for a carer that has experience with the following:

  • Challenging behaviour
  • PEG feeding
  • Epilepsy
  • Seizure Management
  • Driver Essential

    Shift pattern would be the following:

    Night shifts:

    Mon-Thurs 21:00-09:00

    Fri 21:00-09:30

    Sat & Sun 20:30-08:30

    Day shifts:

    Wednesday 4pm-9pm

    Friday 4pm-9pm

    Every Saturday & Sunday: 6 hour double up shifts (usually 12pm-6pm/1pm-7pm)

    Every other Saturday: long day 09:30-20:30

    Every other Sunday: long day 10:30-20:30

    Our carer development centre comprises of interview and training rooms, and specialist and fully equipped skills labs for bespoke training to cover a wide range of client-specific needs, including: 

  • Tracheostomy care
  • Invasive and non-invasive ventilation
  • Learning disabilities
  • Airway suctioning
  • Cough assist
  • Autonomic Dysreflexia
  • Oxygen therapy and monitoring
  • Bowel management
  • Enteral feeding
  • Epilepsy and seizure management
  • Catheter care
  • Complex medication administration
  • Behaviours which challenge
  • Complex moving and positioning
  • What HFH offers:

  • Candidate career focus - the satisfaction and safety of our team is our priority.
  • Fast track carer onboarding process. Full support with documents, getting you ready to work sooner!
  • Consistent volume of work and choice of working patterns.
  • Choice of working with children and adults.
  • Free specialist clinical training for complex care, bespoke onsite and in-house development with continuous clinical support.
  • Continuous professional progression.
  • 24-hour support from our dedicated and efficient clinical and operational teams.
  • No mandatory uniform requirements
  • What HFH offers:

  • Hourly pay rates range between £14 – 17.93 p/hr*.
  • Typically, our client base requires ongoing care, 24 hours a day, and benefit from the continuity of a small core team of regular care staff.
  • Our specialist carers work with one client per shift and do not travel between multiple homes. The average shift is duration 12hrs.
  • Where possible we will offer you work to meet your availability and as a guide, the average carer works three shifts (36hrs) per week for us and earns £500 - 555 p/wk*.
  • The regular working patterns that our clients require mean this three day a week work pattern equates to an average annual income of between £26,200 - £28,950*.
  • We employ all staff directly and manage all aspects of your pay via PAYE, rather than Limited Company or Self-employed status. This removes the need for you employ third party companies or calculate your own tax. PAYE also protects you from breaching IR35 tax regulations.
  • Benefits of working for HFH:

  •  Excellent rates of pay– PAYE, no additional third-party administration.
  • Enhanced rates for weekends and bank holidays.
  • Paid holiday.
  • Company pension scheme.
  • Carer Recognition scheme.
  • Refer a friend scheme for employees. £150 for carers, £500 for Registered Nurses
  • Free confidential wellbeing and support telephone line
  • Retail rewards & savings via the Blue Light Card scheme
  • Requirements:

  • You must be over 18 to apply
  • Have the right to work in the UK
  • Flexibility on travel - some shifts may require you to drive or have access to public transport
  • A good standard of English and the ability to communicate effectively
  • An enhanced DBS, which you can apply for upon registration
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