Personal Assistant
Ref: DP1469b
Location: Worthing
Details
This role is to support a Woman
The candidate should be a woman*
Drivers licence required: Yes
Employment status: employed
Hours per week: Thursdays: 8.30am – 8pm
Hourly pay rate: £14
Are you looking for a fun packed role to fill your Thursdays? Do you have a sense of humour, plenty of energy and love all things pink? Are you looking for a new challenge – one that is engaging and rewarding? If you are, you might be just the person I am looking for! I am a 22-year-old young lady who is looking for a new PA to join my team. If you love the colour pink like I do, then we will immediately have something in common! I have a pink wheelchair, pink sling, pink boots and lots of pink clothes! I also like to be busy and have a full, fun packed day! If you’re like this too, you will also fit right in here with my fabulous team of PAs! Some of my days I spend at Chailey in their fabulous sessions – swimming, cooking, drama, rebound therapy, games, dance, gym, singing, massage and sound baths to name but a few! On other days, I get to do other things that I enjoy – going to the theatre, cinema, games of bowling, days out, shopping and eating out! I just enjoy having lots of fun but need help with all of these things and am looking for another PA who likes fun too so that I can have a new person to get up to mischief with! You will need to be happy to drive my wheelchair accessible vehicle, but don’t worry, it’s not one of those huge ones! I do have quite a lot of medical “stuff” that I will also need your help with but don’t let that scare you – we will get you fully trained up in all of my needs. So….if you are a happy, dynamic person who is looking for a job where you will go home at the end of a shift feeling fulfilled and like you have really made a difference in someone’s life then I would love to meet you! You would also need to have flexibility to work additional shifts in the week and at weekends when needed to cover other PA sickness and holidays. Some sleeping nights to cover holiday and sickness will also be required. Most shifts are worked on a 2:1 basis Previous experience preferred but this is not as essential as a kind and common-sense approach to these roles. A full range of training will be provided.
Duties include:
Personal grooming
Eating and drinking assistance
Moving and handling
Clinical tasks
Other relevant duties as required
Housekeeping
Companionship
Dressing / undressing
Bathroom assistance
Performing Peristeen bowel washouts.
Catheterising through a Mitroffanoff.
Administering fluids through a Mini button gastrostomy using a syringe and feeding pump.
Cleaning of Mini button gastrostomy.
Administering medication including emergency medication for seizures.
Keeping our daughter’s bedroom and bathroom, and PA room clean and tidy.
Taking our daughter out to access activities in the community. This would involve driving the employer’s wheelchair accessible vehicle and pushing the wheelchair.
Accompanying to doctor and hospital appointments
Candidate qualities:
Respectful of the employer's privacy and confidentiality
Reliable with good timekeeping
Able to both follow instructions and work on own initiative
Hygienic, tidy and well organised
Fit and healthy to undertake the required duties
Patient and possess excellent interpersonal skills
Honest and cheerful
Creative
Able to speak and read English to a reasonable standard
Able to always work to high standards of health & safety
Full of enthusiasm with a good sense of humour
Notes: All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be willing to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check if required. Please note, if you are successful in your application for this position, you will be either engaged directly or employed by the individual employer and not by Independent Lives. The role may be offered on an employed or self-employed basis, depending on the suitability and agreement with the employer. If the role is employed, you will be entitled to holiday pay and issued an employment contract. *Exemption for gender is claimed under the Equality Act 2010 Part 1 Schedule 9