Health Care Assistant - Nights

Medical Update Online; Kirklees; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Wagestream access

Discounts on retail & lifestyle

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is seeking a Health Care Assistant for night shifts at Lepton Heights in Huddersfield. You will help adults with complex care needs, delivering compassionate support during nights from 8:00pm to 8:00am or 10:00pm to 6:00am. Training and induction are provided to help you settle in.

Roles include assisting with personal care, meals, and daily activities while recording care notes and supporting wellbeing. A caring, cheerful attitude is essential for success in this team.

Qualifications

• Experience in care is not essential.
• Strong communication skills and empathy are important.
• Ability to stay calm and professional in challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist with meals and maintaining dignity during mealtimes.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities within and outside the home.
• Promote independence, choice, dignity and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Calm

Good listener

Communicator

Job description

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Position: Health Care Assistant - Nights

Care home: Lepton Heights
Location: 36 Wakefield Road, Fenay Bridge, Huddersfield, HD8 0BG
Contract type: Full-time, 8.00pm - 8.00am or 10.00pm - 6.00am
Rate: £12.71 per hour

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as a Health Care Assistant at Lepton Heights care home in Huddersfield.

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

About Exemplar Health Care

Lepton Heights is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country's leading nursing care providers.

Lepton Heights supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

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 with Wagestream
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.