Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Codnor CP; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting a Health Care Assistant for the Yarningdale care home in Ripley (DE5 9SG). The role is full-time, 42 hours per week with weekend requirements. You will support adults with complex care needs, helping them live their best lives in a compassionate and respectful environment.

No prior care sector experience is required, with induction and on-going training provided. Exemplar Health Care offers benefits and opportunities to learn, develop and progress within a

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required, but relevant care values are preferred.
• Demonstrates caring nature and ability to work with adults with complex needs.
• Adaptable, patient and able to work as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with personal care tasks.
• Assist residents at mealtimes.
• Monitor health and wellbeing needs of residents.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promote dignity, choice, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring & compassionate

Excellent communication

Empathy

Calm under pressure

Job description

Health Care Assistant

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.