Care Assistant - Nights

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

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in the UK is seeking a Care Assistant responsible for delivering high standards of personal care to residents. The role emphasizes effective communication and the ability to recognize clinical risks, ensuring residents' dignity and respect. Training is provided for starters. Join a close-knit team dedicated to exceptional care.

Benefits

Thorough induction and training program

Supportive environment

DBS check covered by employer

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and staff.
• Adaptable to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care.
• Assist residents with personal hygiene to ensure dignity and respect.
• Recognize clinical risks and escalate them in a timely manner.

Skills

Effective communication

Demonstrating initiative

Flexibility

Job description

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will be responsible for delivering high standards of personal care to residents, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services. You will be part of a close-knit team that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

Responsibilities

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. This will include assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, and practicing safe systems of work. You will be required to have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative, and be an efficient and flexible worker.

• 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, 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.
• Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, and offer a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

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

• 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 a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes. 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.

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.

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

Qualifications

• Experience is not required, as Avery Healthcare provides 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.