Healthcare Assistant - Rapid Response
Are you a confident, compassionate carer who thrives in a fast\-moving environment where every day makes a real difference?
As a Rapid Response Healthcare Assistant, you'll play a vital role in delivering urgent, hands\-on care to people in their own homes. You'll support service users who need immediate assistance, step into new care packages, and help ensure individuals remain safe, comfortable, and independent in their own communities.
This is a dynamic, rewarding role for carers who are flexible, proactive, and passionate about high\-quality care when it matters most.
Why Choose Connected Health:
Salary: €35,247
Sign On Bonus: Receive a €200 bonus after 3 months\*
Mileage: Paid mileage
Fortnightly Pay: Get paid fortnightly \- no waiting around!
Employee Recognition: Be celebrated with awards \- Employee of the Month, Employee of the Quarter and Employee of the Year.
Free Perks: Free comprehensive training and support, Garda vetting, Cycle to Work Scheme, Wellbeing package, career progression opportunities and local discounts
QQI Courses: QQI enrolment and support\*
Who we are looking for:
Beyond the checklist, the key expectations are:
- Experience in homecare (1\+ year in Ireland) \- they want someone already familiar with home settings
- QQI Level 5 in Health \& Social Care \- a formal qualification is required
- Driving licence \+ car \- essential due to travel between clients
- Calm under pressure \- because "rapid response" means things change quickly
- Strong communication \& organisation \- juggling visits, notes, and reporting
- Compassion \+ empathy \- core of homecare work
- Weekend flexibility \- rota\-based system
- To be responsible for staff shadowing \- ensuring Health \& Safety policies and procedures
- To undertake emergency over \- Rapid response (filling new packages and discharges)
- To evaluate and monitor the quality of the care delivered to clients and report to the area manager with concerns
- Checking and collecting journal notes from clients houses
- Delivery of Careplans, log sheets and gloves to client's homes when required
- Delivery of PPE
About Us
At Connected Health, we don't just offer a job \- we offer careers that are at the forefront of transforming the way homecare is delivered across Ireland. We recognise that the individuals we employ are pivotal to driving this transformation within the sector. That's why, at Connected Health, our mission is unwavering: to continually attract, recruit, and develop the finest homecare team. Connected Health is a leading, well established home care provider providing care throughout Ireland.
Connected Health is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, good relations, respect for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the delivery of its services to clients. It is also committed to ensuring that the talents and resources of all its employees are utilised to the full. Connected Health welcome applications for all job roles from members of all communities.
https://connected\-health.co.uk/wp\-content/uploads/2024/05/Recruitment\-of\-Ex\-offenders\-policy.pdf
\#RapidResponse
This listing is from indeed. View original listing ↗