Care Assistant

Fairlie Healthcare Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking compassionate Care Assistants to deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients. You will assist residents with personal needs, ensuring dignity and respect, and maintain accurate documentation regarding their well-being. Experience is preferred, but a thorough training program is provided. This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive team dedicated to exceptional care with a salary of up to £13.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Must have the right to work in the UK.
• Experience preferred but not required; thorough training provided.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients.
• Assist residents with personal needs while ensuring their dignity and respect.
• Complete documentation in a timely manner and escalate health concerns appropriately.

Skills

Effective communication

Compassion

Flexibility

Initiative

Job description

At Fairlie Healthcare, we are all about delivering outstanding care to our patients, and the best way to achieve this is to train and support the people who care for our patients.

When you join us, youll be making a positive impact on patients lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. Were committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, youll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

Starting as a Care Assistant, you can earn upto £13.50 per hour within the first 12 to 18 months, and learn valuable specialised clinical skills in the process. Our fasttrack Care Assistant programme is now open to new applicants who demonstrate our Values, are motivated to learn how to deliver outstanding care.

Were now looking for warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individuals to join our team as a Care Assistants. If this sounds like the place for you, wed love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients.

About us

The Fairlie Healthcare Group is a leading provider of high-quality care, and we were established in 1999. We specialise in caring for adults with neurological conditions, as well as patients with tracheostomies and who require ventilator support.

Our new career pathway means that whatever skills and experience you currently possess, you could fit into our pathway and progress your career with The Fairlie Healthcare Group, gaining specialist competencies and personal development along the way.

We are now looking for more outstanding staff to join us on this exciting journey.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Assisting residents with all their personal needs, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times
• Ensure documentation is completed in a timely fashion, reflecting the care delivered and escalate concerns regarding a patients health and wellbeing to the nurse in charge at the earliest possible opportunity
• Be friendly, kind and compassionate towards patients, relatives, visitors, and colleagues, respecting the dignity and individuality of each patient

Person Specification

Qualifications

• ABOUT YOU
• To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is preferred but not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme, after which you will work towards your Care Certificate qualification so you can gain confidence within your role.
• Our ideal candidate must:
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards patients and other people in the home
• Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice
• Must have the right to work in the UK

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.