Bank Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Highburton; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream access

Discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is hiring a Bank Health Care Assistant at Lepton Heights in Huddersfield. You will support residents with personal care, meals, and daily activities, helping maintain health and wellbeing while upholding dignity and independence.

We value a caring, calm and communicative approach. Induction and ongoing training are provided to help you settle in and progress within the role.

Qualifications

• Experience and qualifications valued but not essential.
• Caring, kind, understanding and calm demeanor.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage and support participation in social activities, inside and outside the home.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Calm

Great listener

Communication

Job description

Position: Bank Health Care Assistant

Care home: Lepton Heights

Location: 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG

Contract type: Bank

Rate: £14.24 per hour

About Exemplar Health Care

Lepton Heights is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

Lepton Heights supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• supporting people with their personal care
• assisting people at meal times
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records.

About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

• caring, kind, understanding and calm
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can‑do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday with Wagestream
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.