Application Details
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Job Description
Skibbereen Residential Care is hiring Healthcare Assistants. This is a fantastic opportunity providing flexible working hours, whilst working with one of the reliable private nursing homes.
Key Skills and Attributes
Patience – essential for dealing with elderly residents who may move and talk more slowly.
Kindness and empathy – treating residents with respect and putting yourself in their shoes.
Positive attitude – a friendly presence that helps residents feel comfortable.
Multi‑tasking – ability to manage several residents or tasks simultaneously while maintaining high quality care.
Team player – work well with colleagues, encouraging and supporting each other.
Key Responsibilities
Assist with daily living activities such as eating, showering and toileting, using equipment to move patients when necessary.
Help tidy patients’ rooms or homes.
Take vital signs (blood pressure, temperature) and communicate with patients.
Attend meetings with other healthcare professionals and assist nurses and staff as needed.
Document and report patient condition changes to case managers.
Compensation
Hourly rate: €16.12
Career Level
Not required.
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