Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Cobham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury elderly care provider in Cobham is seeking a dedicated Care Assistant to deliver exceptional personal care to residents during the night shift. The role emphasizes respect and dignity for residents while recognizing and escalating clinical risks. Ideal candidates should have effective communication skills and be adaptable to various responsibilities, with no previous experience required as comprehensive training is provided.

Qualifications

• 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 adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Assisting residents with personal hygiene care.
• Recognising and escalating clinical risks.
• Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors.
• Practicing safe systems of work across tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Respectfulness

Adaptability

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. They are seeking a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join their award-winning team in Cobham, delivering high-quality personal care to residents during the night shift.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be on delivering exceptional personal care to residents, contributing to the care team to ensure continuity of services. Key responsibilities will include assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and escalating clinical risks, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors while respecting their dignity and individuality. You will be expected to work safely and effectively 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 committed to supporting their teams and creating an environment where employees feel valued and empowered. Avery Healthcare operates over 100 homes across the country, offering exceptional care and a supportive, inspiring culture.

Job responsibilities

• Assisting residents with all personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect.
• Recognise and understand 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.
• Act courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practice safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About the role

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.

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.

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 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 are 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. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

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.

Person Specification

• Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare provides a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker who can carry out instructions, and be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

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.

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