Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in elderly care is seeking dedicated Care Assistants to join their team. This role focuses on delivering high standards of personal care and ensuring the dignity and respect of residents. With a supportive environment and thorough training provided, this is an excellent opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others. Ideal candidates will demonstrate effective communication, initiative, and flexibility. Join a caring team that values respect and accountability, and help create meaningful lives together in a rewarding career.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Recognize and escalate clinical risks timely.

Skills

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectfulness

Flexibility

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are a place where people love to work, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' and a supportive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. You will assist residents with their personal hygiene, recognize and escalate any clinical risks, and act courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting their dignity and individuality. Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Shift details: 21:30 - 07:30, 10 hour night shifts

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:

• 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, sign 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 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.

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.