Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks a Health Care Assistant at Thames House in Rochdale to support adults with complex needs. Your role will involve personal care, assisting with meals, and promoting dignity and independence, making a real difference in residents' lives.

Benefits

Regular supervision and support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Caring, kind, understanding and calm.
• Able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations.
• Energetic and outgoing with a positive attitude.
• Great listener and communicator.

Responsibilities

• Supporting people with personal care.
• Assisting people at meal times.
• Understanding individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encouraging participation in social activities.

Skills

Caring

Understanding

Positive attitude

Communication

Job description

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Health Care Assistant

Thames House, Rochdale

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Thames House

Location: Thames Street, Rochdale, OL16 5NY

Contract type: Various hours available (Part time and Full time)

Rate: £12.31 upon completion of Exemplar Care Certificate

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 Thames House care home in Rochdale.

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.

And you can be proud to work for one of the country’s leading providers. The number of our homes rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ far exceeds the national average.

About Exemplar Health Care

Thames House 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, Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Our team is trained to support people at their end of life and we have close links with Springhill Hospice.

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 .
  
  

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

Download Our Job Description To Read More

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/

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.
  
  

How To Apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail].

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.