Healthcare Assistant (HCA)
Providing you with the work you want, when you want!
Summary about this job
Nursing - Aged Care
Company: Medacs Healthcare New Zealand
Location: Auckland
Work type: Contract/Temp
Salary: Plus 8% Holiday Pay - paid weekly!
Phone: +64-3-232-2006
Fax: +64-4-215-8333
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Detail information about job Healthcare Assistant (HCA) . Terms and conditions vacancy
Medacs Healthcare prouding delivers staffing solutions to numerous Aged Care Facilities, Care Homes, Hospital Level Aged Care and Aged Care Wards at all three of Auckland’s District Health Boards. We can therefore offer you work when YOU want it. Medacs Healthcare can offer you ad-hoc shifts or pre-bookings for a week or so in advance.
What ever your reason for choosing Agency Work, we can support you.
Responsibilities:
As a Medacs Agency Staff member working within the acute setting of the public or private Healthcare system you will be responsible for:
- Provide personal cares to patients
- Assistance with activities of daily living - toileting, eating, drinking, ironing clothes, ensuring patient clothes are named, sending clothes to laundry etc
- Catheter Cares and sterilization ofequipment (sluice)
- Making beds and tidying patient rooms
- Assisting with patient transfers
- 1:1 watches (specials) of patients who are at risk of falls, are agitated or pose a risk to themselves or others.
Experience:
- Healthcare Assistant (Level 3 or Level 4) qualification with a minimum of 6 months recent experience
- 2nd or 3rd Year Nursing Student
- Overseas Registered Nurse with a minimum of two years of experience in a Nursing role.
- Able to nominate at least two senior references who you have recently worked
- MUST have right to work in New Zealand
- Be competent and experienced with Hoists (indlucing ceiling hoists) and Manual Handling principles.
- Expereince in supporting patients with Dementia or Alziemhers
Culture & reward:
Working with Medacs Healthcare you will enjoy the following:
- Competitive market rates PLUS 8% Holiday Pay
- Dedicated Recruitment Team whom are Healthcare Professionals themselves - they understand!
- $150 Refer-A-Friend bonus (http://info.medacs.com/nz/refer-a-friend)
- FREE Manual Handling & CPR Training
- Subsidised Occupational Health Blood Results
- Regular Social Events to meet other Medacs Agency Staff and become part of the Medacs Community
To Apply
If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to know more apply now or contact Lara McCormick (Recruitment Consultant) on 09 623 8051 for further information and/or a confidential discussion. Alternatively, please click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts. We look forward to speaking with you.
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