Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Peterborough is looking for a compassionate Care Assistant to deliver high-quality personal care to residents. The role involves assisting with personal hygiene, recognizing clinical risks, and ensuring residents' dignity and independence. No prior experience is needed as a thorough induction and training are provided. Join a supportive team dedicated to making a positive impact on residents' lives.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents.
• Efficiency in following reasonable instructions.
• Adaptability to cover various responsibilities at short notice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in personal hygiene while ensuring dignity.
• Recognize and escalate clinical risks promptly.
• Act courteously towards residents and visitors.

Skills

Effective communication

Respectful attitude

Initiative

Flexibility

Job description

Job summary: This job posting is for a Care Assistant position at Avery Healthcare in Peterborough. The role involves providing high-quality personal care to residents while ensuring their dignity, independence, and safety.

Main duties of the job: As a Care Assistant, your focus will be on delivering exceptional personal care to residents, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services. Key responsibilities include assisting residents with personal hygiene, recognizing and escalating clinical risks, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors.

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 both residents and employees, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.

Job Responsibilities

Package Description: 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.

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.

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 escalating 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.

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. 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.

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.