Peg Trained Support Worker , Penzance

Location: Penzance , TR19
Position: Temporary
Salary: £13.00 - £16.50 per hour

Job Description

The role

We’re looking for experienced PEG-trained Support Workers to provide safe, person-centred care for adults in [care home/supported living] settings. You’ll support daily living while safely delivering enteral feeding via PEG, monitoring, documenting, and escalating any concerns.


What you’ll do

  • Provide compassionate support with personal care, hydration/nutrition, mobility and activities.
  • Set up and administer PEG feeds (gravity or pump), water flushes, and basic tube care within care plan and competency.
  • Complete accurate fluid/nutrition records, MAR notes (if meds are within your scope), and incident/safeguarding logs.
  • Prompt, engage and enable community/communal participation where appropriate.
  • Follow infection prevention, manual handling and escalation procedures if there is leakage, site redness, pain, vomiting, occlusion or alarm errors.
  • Work collaboratively with the service team and family professionals.


In Return we can offer

  • Free DBS check
  • Competitive pay rates
  • Flexible pay
  • A fantastic working environment
  • Free uniform
  • Professional training and ongoing career progression
  • Flexible working hours and shifts
  • Holiday Pay
  • Weekly Pay
  • Bonus for friend referrals
  • On-Site Parking


We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

You’ll need

  • Current PEG competency (training certificate and/or signed competency assessment within the last 12–24 months).
  • Recent paid experience as a Support Worker/HCA (6–12 months+).
  • Confidence using feed pumps/sets, doing pre/post-feed checks, and documenting accurately.
  • Up-to-date Mandatory Training (Manual Handling, BLS, Infection Control, Safeguarding).
  • Great communication, reliability and a calm, person-centred approach


A people person:

Naturally supportive and great at communicating. Able to build strong relationships and empathise. Finds it easy to integrate within an established team of healthcare professionals.


Caring by nature:

Are you enthusiastic about person-centred support and what this means fundamentally? Has a genuine passion for making people’s lives better and more fulfilled.


Great team player:

Do you work well in a team of likeminded people? Are you a team player?


Adaptable:

Health and social care is fast paced, can you think on your feet and adapt quickly to changing situations