Health Care Assistant (HCA) Position
We are seeking a qualified Health Care Assistant to join our team at St. Patrick's Mental Health Services. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing high-quality care and support to service users, working in a multidisciplinary care setting.
Key Responsibilities:
* Meet and greet service users, offering refreshments and orienting them to immediate facilities
* Bring service users to consultants' offices, group and activity rooms, and garden walks as required
* Assist with service user visiting, car park operations, and events-related duties
* Facilitate orientation tours, daily/regular meetings, and gym/exercise duties
* Transfer service users to St. Patrick's Hospital Lucan, drive the hospital van for specific activities or outings, and maintain music room, library, OT kitchen, and garden
* Supervise closed areas, maintain the Service User Library, assist with occupational therapy & activity groups, and provide recreational activities and support
Person Specification:
* Hold a minimum FETAC level 5 qualification in a healthcare discipline and demonstrate proof
* Have a full, clean category B driving license and be willing to drive a hospital van
* Be aged between 23 and 69 years old for insurance purposes
* Have experience of facilitating group activities, both face-to-face and virtual, and working in an inpatient mental health setting
Terms and Conditions:
* Tenure: Full-time, Specified Purpose, pensionable
* Working Week: 77 hours/fortnight
* Salary: Based on the Health Care Assistant (HCA) 2025 pay scale, €36,154 - €41,585, commensurate with experience
* Annual Leave: 19 days
* Pension: Defined contribution scheme with a deduction from salary of 4%