Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Bournville; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare provider in Bournville is seeking a compassionate Care Assistant to support residents in their daily needs. This role involves delivering high-quality personal care while ensuring the dignity and respect of residents. No specific qualifications are required, as thorough training will be provided. Ideal candidates should be effective communicators and able to adapt to various responsibilities. Join us to make a positive impact in the lives of those we serve.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrated respect towards residents and other people.
• Ability to follow instructions and adapt to various responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene while respecting their dignity.
• Recognize clinical risks such as weight loss and pressure sores.
• Practice safe systems of work during tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrating initiative

Respectfulness towards residents

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

This role as a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare in Bournville offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of residents through compassionate and dedicated care. The organization is committed to supporting and developing its team, providing a caring and respectful environment. The role involves assisting residents with personal care, recognizing clinical risks, and practicing safe work practices.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be on delivering high standards of personal care and contributing to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. Responsibilities include assisting residents with personal hygiene while maintaining their independence, dignity, and respect, recognizing and escalating clinical risks, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. The role requires effective communication, initiative, respect, and the ability to carry out instructions and adapt to cover a range of responsibilities.

Job responsibilities

Other responsibilities will include:

• 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, sign 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.
• Practicing 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 we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

• 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 UK’s 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’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of “creating meaningful lives together,” we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

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.

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role.

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.