Healthcare Assistants

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We are currently recruiting Healthcare Assistants on behalf of a reputable hospital in Dublin. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality, person-centred mental health nursing care in line with professional, ethical, and organisational standards.

The salary range is €29,568 - €33,949 per annum, depending on experience.

Hours of Work: 39 hours per week / 78 hours per fortnight

Shift assignments will include day, night, weekend, and bank holiday shifts and will require flexibility to meet the operational needs of the service.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist patients/residents with personal hygiene, including bed bathing, showering, or bathing as required.
• Make and change beds in accordance with infection control and comfort standards.
• Assist patients/residents with dressing and grooming.
• Safely lift, move, turn, and reposition patients/residents using appropriate equipment at all times.
• Provide care for incontinent patients and those with colostomies and ileostomies, including supervision and assistance in toilets, on commodes, and in bathrooms, ensuring appropriate hygiene and use of continence products.
• Assist with and remove bedpans, urinals, and commodes as required.
• Record and monitor bowel function, urinary output, output from indwelling catheters (IDC), and urostomies, and report findings promptly to nursing staff throughout the shift.
• Promote and assist with oral hygiene, including denture care, and provide hair, nail, and shaving care as required.
• Assist patients/residents with mobilisation and prescribed exercise programmes.
• Ensure patient comfort and safety at all times in line with local policies and procedures.
• Assist patients/residents with nutritional intake as outlined in the care plan and accurately record same.
• Assist nursing staff with clinical procedures when required.
• Weigh patients/residents using appropriate equipment, record measurements accurately, and report results to nursing staff.
• Provide and remove emesis containers and sputum cartons as required.
• Demonstrate an understanding of skin integrity and promote and maintain healthy skin through positive preventative interventions.
• Maintain effective and ongoing communication with nursing staff.
• Assist nursing staff in the prevention and care of pressure injuries.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have completed a QQI Level 5 or FETAC Level 5 (8 modules) qualification in Healthcare Support, Pre-Nursing, or a similar relevant nursing qualification.

A minimum of one year's relevant experience is required.

Previous experience working in a psychiatric or mental health environment is an advantage.

Care Skills and Care Support modules are essential.

Fixed roster patterns

Generous healthcare staff shift premiums (25% for night duty; double time on Sundays and bank holidays)