SLSC2604 Health Care Assistant (Home Support) (Formerly Home Help) in County Sligo

About the Role

Integrated Healthcare Area Sligo Leitrim is responsible for the delivery of Primary and Community-based Services to meet the needs of local communities. Community healthcare services are a broad range of services, which, are provided outside of the acute hospital system and include Primary Care, Social Care, Mental Health, and Health and Wellbeing Services. These services are delivered through the HSE and its funded agencies to people in local communities, as close as possible to people’s homes.

Details

The Home Support Service within Older Persons Services works in partnership with service users and their families to enable people to remain at home where appropriate, who would otherwise need to be cared for in residential care. It is recognised that the Home Support Service is an essential support to family and informal carers.

The post holder will report to the Home Support Resource Manager.

The HCSA is a key member of the Primary/Social Care Team responsible for the provision of a quality service to support people in the community to remain in their own home as long as possible who would otherwise need to be cared for in residential care. Caring duties specific to the client will be assigned by the Home Support Resource Manager following approval by the Home Support Governance Group. The HSCA will work as part of the local team, will be rostered to work on a 5/7 basis Monday through to Sunday as required, may be required to work split-shifts, will work assignments as allocated by line manager.

Requirements

Grade Code 6494

How to Apply

Informal Enquiries: Gillian Haran Connolly, Home Support Operations Manager, Markievicz House, Sligo. Email: gillian.haranconnolly@hse.ie or phone 087-7027432

Due to the urgent requirement of this post interviews will take place as soon as possible