Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Ambergate; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

Wage access before payday

24/7 counselling and support

Discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant at Yarningdale care home in Ripley. This full-time role (42 hours per week, weekends required) offers a chance to support adults living with complex care needs and dementia to live their best lives.

You will assist with personal care, meals, and wellbeing, while promoting dignity and independence. Training and ongoing development opportunities are provided, along with a supportive team and benefits.

Qualifications

• We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care and daily activities.
• Assist with meals and nutrition.
• Monitor health and wellbeing needs of residents.
• Encourage participation in social activities in and outside the home.
• Promote dignity, independence and respect in all interactions.
• Maintain accurate care records and documentation.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Empathy

Reliability

Job description

Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Yarningdale
Location: Hollywell Avenue, Codnor, Ripley, DE5 9SG
Contract type: Full time, 42 hours per week, weekends required
Rate: £13.71
Care home CQC rating: Rated ‘Good’ by CQC

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Yarningdale care home in Ripley.

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.

This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you’ll be making a real difference each and every day.

About Exemplar Health Care

Yarningdale is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

We support adults living with dementia, complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including brain injuries and Huntington’s disease.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• supporting people with their personal care
• assisting people at meal times
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• completing and maintaining care records.

About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

• caring, kind, understanding and calm
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can‑do attitude
• a great listener and communicator.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.