Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

NHS; Rayleigh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking compassionate individuals to join their team as Bank Care Assistants. In this role, you will provide essential support to residents, ensuring they receive the highest quality of care and companionship. With a focus on empathy and dedication, you'll help create meaningful moments in the lives of those you care for. This flexible position offers a rewarding opportunity to develop your skills in a nurturing environment, where your contributions truly make a difference in the lives of others.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Free learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for older people is essential.
• Strong communication skills and a warm-hearted approach.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with daily living and provide companionship.
• Support residents with food and drink, ensuring care plans are followed.

Skills

Caring for older people

Communication skills

Empathy

Compassion

Job description

As a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment.

Main duties of the job

Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-on-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, operating over 200 care homes and retirement villages across the country. They are committed to providing the highest quality of care and support to their residents, and offer a rewarding and fulfilling work environment for their employees.

Job responsibilities

**The rate of pay in inclusive of 12.07% bank enhancement.

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents.

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.