Holiday cover required, Hinckley – Ref PH280690

PA required to support individual whose diagnosis is MS, allodynia, sleep apnoea, significant neuropathic pain and spasms.

PA to prepare meals and drinks. Assist with dressing and undressing including some personal care and hair washing.
Preparing medication and maintaining medication levels.
General household duties such as cleaning, washing up and making a note of shopping needed.
Maintaining and cleaning of medical equipment.
Maintaining calendar, reminding of appointments and catheter changes, etc.
Walking the dog. Trips out for shopping, appointments and social occasions.
Assisting with any additional requests as needed.
PA will need access to their own vehicle.

There will be an element of manual handling such as, lifting a wheel chair in and out of the car. Carrying shopping and boxes of catheter bags.

She enjoys going to the garden centre, having fish and chips from the chip shop occasionally, really enjoys her garden.

There is a small dog that lives in the property so PA must be ok with him.

The post is not for a set number of hours but will include a couple of initial 'shadow' shifts with the current PA and then the opportunity to cover holidays/sickness, which could include evenings and weekends.

Benefits include 5.6 weeks paid annual leave per annum.

Genders which may apply for this job – Female

Hours per week – Hours to be discussed at interview

Hourly rate – £14.44 per hour Employed

Area – Hinckley and Bosworth

Driving licence required – Yes

Employer has pets – Yes

Employer is smoker – No

Required care experience – awareness of following prescribed medication protocols, lived experience, older people, physical disability