Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Chertsey; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Chertsey is seeking a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant to join their team. This role focuses on delivering high standards of personal care and contributing to a supportive care team. Ideal candidates should communicate effectively and demonstrate initiative, with training provided for those without experience. The role represents an opportunity to positively impact residents' lives every day in a caring environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and others in the home.
• Efficient worker who can follow reasonable instructions.
• Adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene care.
• Recognize clinical risk areas and escalate risks timely.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrating initiative

Working efficiently

Adaptability

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and their teams. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant to join their award-winning team and make a positive impact on residents' lives every day.

Main duties

As a Care Assistant, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contribute to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents, assist with personal hygiene, recognize and understand clinical risk areas, and act courteously towards residents and visitors while respecting dignity and individuality. You will practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'. They are passionate about an enriching environment for residents and their team, offering exceptional care and supporting employees to grow and develop.

Responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you\'ll make a positive impact on residents\' lives every day. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop. We value respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities include:

• Assisting residents in all personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections and escalate 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 tasks.

About You

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we offer 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 residents and others in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can follow reasonable instructions from other team members.
• 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 aim to create meaningful experiences for residents and our team. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we offer care across a growing network of over 100 homes, supporting and empowering employees daily.

Job description and requirements

Please note this role will require:

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

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No prior experience is required; Avery provides thorough induction and training. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect, be an efficient worker who can follow instructions, and be adaptive and flexible.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the DBS to check for any previous convictions.