Dementia Senior Care Assistant

NHS; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider is looking for a Senior Care Assistant to monitor the wellbeing of residents and deliver high standards of personal care. The ideal candidate will have an NVQ 3 in care, 2 years of experience, and strong communication skills. This position requires a supportive attitude and flexibility in responsibilities. Avery Healthcare values creating meaningful experiences for both residents and staff.

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident and identify changes impacting care plans.
• Implement and monitor person-centred care planning.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.

Skills

Communication

Supportive attitude

Flexibility

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

Overview

This is a Senior Care Assistant role at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The role involves supporting and working alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff.

Main duties

Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to monitor the wellbeing of each resident, be aware of any changes impacting care and care plans, ensure new needs are met, and amend written records to reflect variations. You will be involved in the person-centred care planning process by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations. You will also support residents with their medication requirements, undertake staff supervisions and support staff development, and act as a key point of contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in their wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident, and identify changes impacting care plans; update written records accordingly.
• Be involved in the person-centred care planning process, implementing and monitoring monthly evaluations.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertake staff supervisions and support staff development where required.
• Act as a key point of contact for residents, relatives and visitors, and for health and social care professionals; ensure reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About the company

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and employees, with a vision of \'creating meaningful lives together\'. Avery offers exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

About you / Qualifications

Our ideal candidate must:

• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• Have 2 years experience working in a similar care environment.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Have a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

Other requirements

• 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.

Disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.