Care Assistant Full Time Nights

PrimeLife Ltd; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Hull is seeking a dedicated Night Care Assistant for their team. This full-time role involves providing dignified support to residents, ensuring their safety, nutrition, and companionship during the night. Candidates should have a caring nature, and experience in care is desirable but not essential, as full training is provided. The position offers a range of benefits, including competitive hourly rates and opportunities for progression.

Benefits

Hourly rates from £12.45 to £12.80

Opportunities for learning and progression

Fully funded DBS

Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme

Refer a Friend scheme

Access to Blue Light card

Qualifications

• Desire to make a real difference for residents.
• Prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker is desirable but not essential.
• Ability to support residents with age-related conditions and mental health.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene and bedtime routines.
• Complete routine welfare checks throughout the night.
• Support residents with nutrition and hydration.
• Encourage safe mobility around the home.
• Provide companionship to residents.
• Maintain accurate written records.
• Engage with care professionals to promote health and well-being.
• Assist family members with inquiries.

Skills

Caring nature

Patience

Understanding

Respectfulness

Job description

Overview

Prime Life are on the lookout for passionate and dedicated care professionals to join our friendly team as a Night Care Assistant, on a Full time basis. At present, we have several vacancies available and are keen to meet with candidates as soon as possible for interviews.

This role will be based at Loran House Care Home, in Hull. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 46 residents, living with a range of age related, physical and mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. The home provides a unique reablement service within the local community and supports individuals with short stay respite care following their discharge from hospitals, to ensure a safe return home once rehabilitated. It is essential that candidates for this role are patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities to maximise and promote their independence.

Benefits

This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns between the hours of 8pm and 8am, across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits including;

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £12.45 to £12.80 per hour dependent upon qualification level
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!
• Access to Blue Light card

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of our Night Care Assistant include:

• Assisting residents with their personal hygiene and retiring to bed for the evening
• Completing routine welfare checks throughout the night to ensure residents are safe and well
• Supporting residents to dine and maintain good nutrition and hydration as required
• Encouraging residents to mobilise safely around the home, with the support of mobility aids and specialist equipment
• Providing friendship and companionship to residents
• Maintaining accurate and timely written records and completing documentation
• Being a part of a multi-disciplinary team and engaging with other care professionals, as and when required, to promote the health and well-being of our residents
• Welcoming family members to the home and assisting with enquiries

What we’re looking for

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Though prior experience as a Care Assistant or Support worker is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with age related conditions, life-limiting health conditions, mental health conditions and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

How to apply

If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Night Care Assistant please click ‘apply’ today, and we’ll ensure to be in touch!