Health Care Assistant - twilight

Exemplar Health Care; Manchester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Walton Grove care home in Oldham is seeking a Health Care Assistant for the twilight shift (6pm–12am). You will support adults with complex care needs, help with personal care, meals, and daily activities, while maintaining records and promoting dignity and independence.

The role emphasizes a caring, calm, and proactive attitude, with induction and ongoing training provided. Competitive benefits and opportunities for development are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in care settings is valued but not essential.
• Ability to follow care plans and instructions.

Responsibilities

• Support people with personal care.
• Assist with meals and feeding.
• Understand health and wellbeing needs of residents.
• Encourage participation in social activities inside and outside the home.
• Promote dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring

Excellent communication

Empathy

Calm under pressure

Job description

Health Care Assistant - twilight

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Walton Grove

Location: 1 Guido Street, Failsworth, Oldham, M35 0ALam

Contract type: Part time - Twilight shift - 6pm - 12am

Rate: £13.21 per hour

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

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

About Exemplar Health Care

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

We support adults living with 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.