Part Time Carer/Nurse for Lady with Dementia at home (13 hrs / 13.5 hours per week)
by karenjgiles
Job Description
Self employed caring lady sought to provide care in her home for 84 year old lady with dementia:
Tasks
1. Washing and dressing
2. Administering medication
3. Companionship – including reading out loud, undertaking crosswords, stimulating conversation etc
4. Preparing meals, where needed.
5. Some domestic tasks like ironing where required
Skills Needed
1. Would suit a nurse or skilled health professional looking for a better work life balance.
2. Ability to identify the needs of somebody with dementia and meet those needs accordingly
3. Patient, gentle and kind.
4. Flexible, organised, punctual and proactive
This role is coming into the home of the lady with dementia and her husband, who also live with her daughter and son in law, so the ability to respect their privacy and understand the household too is important.
Hours – Approximately 13 to 13.5 hours per week – 50% of the below to be agreed with another person in a job share
Monday from 11 am to 4pm = 5 hours
Wednesday from 830am to 1pm = 4.5 hours
Thursday from 5pm to 7pm = 2 hours
Saturday from 830am to 4 pm = 7.5 hours
Sunday from 11 am to 7pm = 8 hours
= 27 hours per week but 50% for job share is 13/13.5 hours per week.
(Days to be agreed, on rotation if needed, including either 1 Saturday or 1 Sunday each week or by negotation with other job sharer)
1 hour lunch break from 12 noon to 1pm on a Saturday and Sunday
Ability to be flexible as this is a job share to cover 5 days per week.
Where needed to work extra hours occasionally at £20 per hour incuding the evening.
Ability to cover for other person to go on holiday/days off if needed, although daughter can also assist with time off too.
Salary
£20 per hour