Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Leicester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Care Assistant to join their team. This role involves delivering high standards of personal care and ensuring residents' needs are met. No previous experience is required as comprehensive training will be provided. The ideal candidate should be communicative, respectful, adaptable, and eager to positively impact residents' lives.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents.
• Be adaptable to cover a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in personal hygiene care.
• Recognize clinical risk areas and respond appropriately.

Skills

Effective communication

Respectfulness

Adaptability

Initiative

Job description

Overview

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we\'re here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you\'ll be making a positive impact on residents\' lives every day your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We\'re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift pattern details; Typical Shifts 8pm-8am will include working alternative weekends

As part of the care team, focus on delivering high standards of personal care and ensuring continuity of services to residents. Responsibilities include assisting residents in all personal hygiene care, maintaining optimum independence, dignity and respect, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas in residents, acting courteously towards residents and visitors, and practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

• 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 escalation of 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 the role

We are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. 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.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Being part of a team that delivers high standards of personal care and supports residents with their needs.

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

Requirements

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

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.