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Become a Home Health Care Assistant with Dovida and help enable people with spinal cord injuries to live full lives at home.
Become a Home Health Care Assistant in Galway or Mayo
We are expanding our specialist Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Home Care Service in Galway and Mayo, and we are recruiting dedicated Home Health Care Assistants to deliver skilled, person-centred support.
As part of a dedicated team, the role suits experienced carers who would like to work in a clinically progressive, highly supportive, and provide a genuinely person-centred service.
This is not routine home care – it is about enabling people with spinal cord injuries to live full lives at home, prevent hospital admissions, and maintain dignity and independence.
About the service
Our SCI Home Care Service supports individuals with spinal injuries to return home and remain there through enhanced personal care, delegated clinical supports, and proactive risk management.
You will be working as part of a structured service with specialist training, nurse-led oversight, and clear escalation pathways.
About the role
As a Home Health Care Assistant in our SCI service, you will support clients with complex physical needs with:
- Personal care delivered with dignity and respect
- Bowel and bladder routines (including neurogenic bowel and bladder care following training and delegation)
- Catheter care support and monitoring (as delegated) to include catheter flushing
- Skin integrity, pressure care routines, and repositioning
- Mobility, transfers, hoists, and specialist equipment e.g. splints, tilt table
- Daily living, routines, and meaningful activities
- Implementation of exercise programmes e.g. Motomed
- Observation, documentation, and early identification of changes in condition
This role prioritises teamwork, continuity, consistency, and relationship-based care. Full training will be provided, and you will be supervised and supported by an NMBI registered nurse.
Benefits of the role
Competitive pay
Up to €18 per hour for this specialist role.
Paid training
We provide comprehensive, paid, SCI-specific training.
Flexible scheduling
Work around your family or study commitments or other jobs.
Comprehensive support
Nurse supervision, competency sign-off, shadowing, supported onboarding.
Great work environment
Respectful, supportive culture – work that genuinely changes lives.
Career progression
Clear progression pathways, opportunities to advance into other specialist or senior roles.
Who this role is for
This role suits care staff who want to develop advanced skills and work in a service that values professionalism and will support your professional development
We are looking for people who:
- Have experience as a Health Care Assistant / Home Support Worker (community or residential)
- Are calm, reliable, and comfortable working with complex needs
- Can follow structured care plans and want to perform delegated clinical tasks
- Communicate clearly and document accurately
- Understand boundaries, consent, and person-centred decision-making
Experience in disability, neurological conditions, spinal injury, or complex care is an advantage, but not essential—full specialist training will be provided.
Training and support
We provide:
- Comprehensive SCI-specific training programme
- Ongoing nurse supervision and competency sign-off
- Clear clinical governance and escalation processes
- Shadowing and supported onboarding
- Opportunities to progress into specialist and senior roles
- You will never be placed into a situation you are not trained or supported for
What we offer
- Competitive pay rates reflecting specialist skills
- Paid mileage
- Paid training and ongoing development
- Flexible working patterns where possible
- A respectful, supportive organisational culture
- The opportunity to do work that genuinely changes lives
Why join Dovida?
This service exists because people with spinal cord injuries are too often delayed in hospital or placed in inappropriate settings due to lack of skilled community support.
By joining this team, you are part of a solution-focused, system-changing approach to home-based care.
If you want more than routine home care—and want to be part of something that matters—we would love to hear from you.
