Care Assistant – Nights (Compassionate Care)

Avery Healthcare; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Healthcare's Waterhouse Manor Care Home in Peterborough is looking for a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant - Nights to deliver high standards of personal care and support to residents, ensuring continuity of services within the care team.

No previous experience required as a thorough induction and training program is provided; a DBS disclosure check and eligibility to work in the UK are required; you will join a close-knit team committed to compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Demonstrates initiative and proactivity.
• Respectful and compassionate attitude towards residents.
• Efficient worker able to follow instructions from the team.
• Flexible and adaptable to cover a range of responsibilities.

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, sign of infections and escalates 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 task.

Skills

Communication

Initiative

Respectful

Efficiency

Adaptable

Job description

Avery Healthcare's Waterhouse Manor Care Home in Peterborough is looking for a warm, enthusiastic Care Assistant - Nights to deliver high standards of personal care and support to residents, ensuring continuity of services within the care team.

No previous experience required as a thorough induction and training program is provided; a DBS disclosure check and eligibility to work in the UK are required; you will join a close-knit team committed to compassionate care.