Caregiver-wound care assistant-home help

placeChristchurch calendar_month 
The client has Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa.
  • You will be providing personal cares/bathing and wound care, wound dressings and bandaging
  • Preferably you will have an interest in healthcare as you will be taught wound care, removal of full body dressings, wound assessment and re-application of 1st and secondary dressings.
  • you need to be enthusiastic about engaging with an interesting and polite young male.
  • You need your own vehicle and a full license
  • You need to provide permission for us to run a police check on you
We are looking for responsible, reliable, people who are good communicators, active listeners, quick learners who would like to join our small but awesome team of caregivers. His wound cares are done between 7.30 and 11.00am daily(except Wednesday and Sunday) We work a roster system where 2 carers always work together.
Weekend time is flexible depending on when caregivers are available. Usually we try and do it on Saturday afternoon between 9am and 12.30pm. Each shift involves, bathing, personal care, accute wound care, chronic wound care, wound dressings and bandaging, reporting and cleaning up the treatment room afterwards.

A great opportunity for building new relationships/connection with a fun young man and other caregivers. A learning opportunity about wound care and a rare disease.

Occasionally we may require help with overnight care from time to time, this is optional.

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