Care Assistant - Bank

NHS; Marlow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

An elderly care home provider in Marlow seeks a warm and dedicated Care Assistant. Responsibilities include delivering personal care, assisting residents with hygiene, and recognizing clinical risks. No prior experience required, as comprehensive training will be provided. Ideal candidates should communicate effectively and demonstrate respect. Join a supportive team committed to creating meaningful experiences.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and other people.
• Capable of following instructions from team members.
• Flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene.
• Recognize clinical risk areas and escalate risks.
• Practice safe systems of work across tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Respectful approach

Adaptability

Initiative

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." Avery is looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join the award-winning team in Marlow.

Responsibilities

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This includes assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors while respecting dignity and individuality. You will also practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks.

• Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of task.

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 not required as Avery provides a thorough induction and training programme to ensure 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 the residents 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.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With the vision of "creating meaningful lives together," Avery offers exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Requirements

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Additional Information

Employer details

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.

Address: Avery Healthcare, Marlow, SL7 1HX

Employer's website: https://www.averyhealthcare.co.uk/