Health Care Assistant- Nights

Exemplar Health Care; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Career prospects

Wages before payday

Discounts (retail & lifestyle)

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Greenside Court in Rotherham is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join the night team. You will support adults with complex care needs to live their best lives and provide compassionate, person-centred care during night shifts.

This role offers meaningful progression, induction and training, with 36 or 42 hours per week at night, and a rate of £12.81 on completion of the Exemplar Care Certificate. Join a supportive team delivering dignity, respect and high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience not essential.
• Able to work nights.
• Caring and compassionate attitude.
• Good communication with residents and colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with complex care needs.
• Assist with personal care.
• Aid during meal times.
• Encourage social activities inside and outside the home.
• Maintain accurate care records.

Skills

Caring nature

Calm under pressure

Good listener

Communi­cation

Job description

Health Care Assistant- Nights

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Greenside Court

Location: Greasbrough, Rotherham, S61 4PT

Contract type: 36 or 42 Hours Per Week - Nights

Rate: £12.81 on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate

Care home CQC rating: Outstanding

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

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

Greenside Court is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with physical disabilities and neuro-disabilities including Huntington’s disease and Parkinson’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.