Health Care Assistant - nights

Exemplar Health Care; North Elmsall; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Career prospects

Wages on demand

Discounts

DBS check

Counselling

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Hamilton Springs care home in Pontefract is seeking a Health Care Assistant to work nights. You will support adults with complex care needs to live their best lives, including personal care, meals, health and wellbeing, and participation in activities.

No prior care sector experience is required, and full induction, buddy system and ongoing training will help you settle in and progress within Exemplar Health Care’s values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required.
• Care experience preferred but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care to residents.
• Assisting with meals.
• Assessing health and wellbeing needs.
• Encouraging participation in activities inside and outside the home.
• Promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Completing and maintaining care records.

Skills

Caring

Communication

Empathy

Job description

Health Care Assistant - nights

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Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Hamilton Springs

Location: Westfield Lane, South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2JY

Contract type: Permanent - Full Time or Part Time - Nights

Rate: £13.71 per hour

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

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

About Exemplar Health Care

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

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