Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Healthcare seeks a warm and dedicated Care Assistant to join their team. The role involves delivering high-quality personal care and supporting residents in a luxury elderly care home. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a caring attitude, with training provided for new hires.

Qualifications

• Experience is not required; thorough induction and training provided.
• Must demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high standards of personal care to residents.
• Assist residents in personal hygiene care while ensuring dignity.
• Recognize clinical risks and escalate issues timely.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Demonstrate initiative

Respect towards residents and colleagues

Adaptability

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of creating meaningful lives together. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Care Assistant, supporting the residents and contributing to the care team.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. You will be part of a caring, supportive, and close-knit team, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a commitment to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. They strive to build a supportive and inspiring environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams every step of the way. When you join us, you'll make 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. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

About the Role

Your focus as a 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, signs 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, you should live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability. Experience is not required, as we offer a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence in your role.

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents and colleagues.
• Be an efficient worker capable of following reasonable instructions.
• Be adaptable 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 later years should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and our team. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we offer exceptional care across over 100 homes, fostering a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered daily. Join us and discover why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, with the cost met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.