Care Assistant - Nights

Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.; Marlow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider in the UK seeks a dedicated Care Assistant. This role involves delivering high standards of personal care during the night shift, assisting residents with hygiene, and ensuring their dignity while recognizing clinical risk areas. The ideal candidate should demonstrate effective communication, initiative, and respect. Avery offers a supportive environment with comprehensive training, making it an excellent opportunity for those looking to begin a career in care.

Qualifications

• No prior experience is required.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Respectful towards residents and staff.
• Efficient working habits.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene care.
• Recognize and escalate clinical risk areas.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.
• Practice safe systems of work.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication

Respectful attitude towards residents

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful lives together. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Care Assistant, responsible for delivering high standards of personal care to residents during the night shift.

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. This role includes assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognising and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. You will practice safe systems of work and demonstrate initiative, respect, and efficiency in your role.

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• Practising safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

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\'re not just one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we\'re a place where people love to work. Our vision is "creating meaningful lives together," and 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 to see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Requirements

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

This role may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

No prior experience is required, as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. However, the ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect, and be an efficient worker who can carry out reasonable instructions.

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.