Compassionate Care Assistant – Make a Real Difference

Avery Healthcare Group; Lower Blandford St Mary; Hybrid; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Avery Healthcare Group is seeking a Care Assistant for Southbourne Beach Care Home in Bournemouth, Dorset. You will deliver high standards of personal care as part of our care team, ensuring continuity of services to residents and upholding dignity at all times.

You will be supported with a thorough induction and training programme to build confidence in your role, with opportunities to learn and develop within a warm, caring environment.

Qualifications

• 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.

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 elevate 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

Effective communication

Initiative

Respectful

Efficient worker

Adaptable

Job description

Avery Healthcare Group is seeking a Care Assistant for Southbourne Beach Care Home in Bournemouth, Dorset. You will deliver high standards of personal care as part of our care team, ensuring continuity of services to residents and upholding dignity at all times.

You will be supported with a thorough induction and training programme to build confidence in your role, with opportunities to learn and develop within a warm, caring environment.