Care Assistant

Bupa; Cheltenham; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Bupa is looking for a compassionate Care Assistant for their Richmond Villages Cheltenham. The role involves providing exceptional personally-centered care to residents, ensuring their emotional and physical needs are met, while operating in a supportive team environment. The position offers flexibility, competitive salary, and numerous benefits.

Benefits

Free meals with every shift

28 days holiday

Interest-free annual travel loan

Wagestream for early wage access

Long Service rewards

Discounts at retailers through My Bupa Extras

Health and wellbeing programme - Viva

Sick pay scheme

Qualifications

• Assisting with clinical, social, and emotional care.
• Recognising and meeting residents' needs.
• Supporting nursing staff in monitoring resident health.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of care to residents.
• Support residents with personal and companionship care.
• Communicate effectively with families and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Clinical care

Emotional support

Communication

Education

12 months recent care experience

Job description

£12.75 per hour (10% enhancement for nights)

24 hour per week roles, flexibility required, 6 hour shifts, weekend working and unsociable hours required

We make health happen

At Bupa, we provide support when it's needed most, and our Richmond Villages Cheltenham offer luxury retirement living, an aspirational lifestyle for our residents, and our top-tier accommodation is matched by superior service. We provide person-centred care that supports independence and respects individual choice, enabling our residents to lead their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10.

Our care assistant is the hero with a heart, whose superpower is turning everyday care into award-winning acts of kindness. They’re the reason our home is a beacon of warmth and well-being.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

Assisting residents with a high standard of clinical, social and emotional care. Recognising and meeting the specific needs of residents

Supporting residents with a wide range of differing requirements from companionship to personal care

Being part of a team supporting the nurse or senior care assistant in monitoring our residents and reporting changes

Communicating with residents’ families, friends and other healthcare professionals

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7.

Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

Free meal with every shift.

28 days holiday.

Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.

Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.

Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.

My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.

We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

*Should you be successfully hired into this role, we are pleased to be able to offer you a one-off Starter Bonus of £1,000 as a thank you for deciding to join Bupa Care Services. Half of the Starter Bonus (£500) will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and the other half (£500) will be paid to you once you have completed six months of service. These will be subject to deductions for tax and NI. Ts&Cs apply such as, (1)No sponsorship applications (2)Minimum 12 months recent care experience and (3)Minimum weekly contract of 24 hours.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Description:

Care Assistant - Days

Richmond Villages Cheltenham, Hatherley Lane, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN

£12.75 per hour (10% enhancement for nights)

Permanent positions available:

24 hour per week roles, flexibility required, 6 hour shifts, weekend working and unsociable hours required

We make health happen

At Bupa, we provide support when it's needed most, and our Richmond Villages Cheltenham offer luxury retirement living, an aspirational lifestyle for our residents, and our top-tier accommodation is matched by superior service. We provide person-centred care that supports independence and respects individual choice, enabling our residents to lead their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10.

Our care assistant is the hero with a heart, whose superpower is turning everyday care into award-winning acts of kindness. They’re the reason our home is a beacon of warmth and well-being.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Assisting residents with a high standard of clinical, social and emotional care. Recognising and meeting the specific needs of residents

• Supporting residents with a wide range of differing requirements from companionship to personal care

• Being part of a team supporting the nurse or senior care assistant in monitoring our residents and reporting changes

• Communicating with residents’ families, friends and other healthcare professionals

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7.

• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

• Free meal with every shift.

• 28 days holiday.

• Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

• Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.

• Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.

• Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.

• My Bupa Extras - discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.

• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

*Should you be successfully hired into this role, we are pleased to be able to offer you a one-off Starter Bonus of £1,000 as a thank you for deciding to join Bupa Care Services. Half of the Starter Bonus (£500) will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and the other half (£500) will be paid to you once you have completed six months of service. These will be subject to deductions for tax and NI. Ts&Cs apply such as, (1)No sponsorship applications (2)Minimum 12 months recent care experience and (3)Minimum weekly contract of 24 hours.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Care Home – Care support

Locations:

Richmond Village Cheltenham

About the company

Bupa's origins and global headquarters are in the United Kingdom.

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