JOB ALERT: HSE Mid West seeking qualified Health Care Support Assistants

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At HSE Mid West Community Healthcare we are recruiting suitably qualified Health Care Support Assistants (HCSAs). Working as a HCSA (formerly known as a Home Help) with the HSE could prove to be your launch pad into a long-term, secure career in healthcare. Successful candidates will work in the Home Support Service, a community-based model of care, which supports older people to remain in their own homes for as long as possible. In partnership with service users and their families, the 7-day service provides support with activities of daily living and is primarily available to people aged 65 or over. 

As a permanent HCSA you will enjoy attractive rates of pay, job security, pension, paid travel time and expenses whilst availing of full-time or part-time employment. You will be part of a team and will have an opportunity to care for others.

Here's what recently recruited HCSAs said … 

• “The highlight of my job is that I love what I do.”
• “It’s a very friendly environment.”
•  “I enjoy being able to sit with the service user and listen, getting to know their likes and dislikes.”
• “It’s well paid and offers really good benefits.”
• “It’s a job you’d recommend to a friend.”

How to apply:

Apply online via www.hse.ie/jobsearch using the following job references:

Limerick: MWCH 23.013

Clare: MWCH 23.007 

North Tipperary: MWCH 23.014

OR

Send your CV and proof of qualifications to [email protected], Human Resources Department, Midwest Community Healthcare, St. Joseph’s Health Campus, Mulgrave Street, Limerick, V94 C8DV. 

Contact details for informal enquiries: 061-461185

Closing date for applications is 6th March 2023

Qualifications required are as follows:

A QQI Level 5 Certificate in ONE of the following:

Health Service Skill Major Award (8 modules in total); OR Healthcare Support Major Award (8 modules in total); OR Community Care Major Award (8 modules in total); OR Nursing Studies Major Award (8 modules in total). 

AND

Completion of each of the following 6 modules is mandatory: 

Care Support; Infection Prevention and Control; Communications; Work Experience; Care of the Older Person; and Safety and Health at Work. 

Candidates must have completed a further 2 modules from the following list:

Palliative Care Support; Care Skills; Personal Effectiveness; Activities of Living Patient Care; Nutrition; Equality and Disability; Dementia Enhanced Home Supports. 

Candidates must have an equivalent qualification from another jurisdiction with the above required modules as referenced, fully completed.

Be currently employed as a Health Care Support Assistant or a comparable role AND have the requisite knowledge and ability to enable him/her to discharge the duties of the post satisfactorily.

Experience in a caring role (desirable). Further details on required qualifications can be viewed via www.hse.ie/jobsearch

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