Healthcare Assistant

Confidential; Lyndhurst; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Accommodation assistance

Competitive pay

Job summary

Excelsis Healthcare is seeking Healthcare Assistants to join our UK team. The role requires ASAP start, full-time hours, and visa sponsorship is available. Compensation is £12.82 per hour.

You will assist residents with personal care, support meals, build rapport, monitor nutrition, and advocate for dignity and participation in activities. Applicants should have at least 1 year of care home experience and be able to work independently when needed.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience as a Health care Assistant in a Care home setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care (washing, dressing, grooming).
• Support eating and drinking.
• Build trusting relationships with residents and respond to their needs.
• Create a positive mealtime environment and monitor nutritional status.
• Advocate for residents and promote dignity.
• Encourage residents to participate in meaningful activities.
• Report concerns to the Household Lead.

Skills

Compassionate

Excellent communication

Team player

Flexible hours

Basic IT skills

Job description

Excelsis Healthcare is looking for Healthcare assistants in the UK.

The candidate must be looking to start ASAP.

Full-Time Care Assistant Required

Sponsorship Available DL is Mandatory

Salary: £12.82 per hour

What will your typical day involve?

• Assisting with personal care (washing, dressing, and grooming)
• Supporting eating and drinking
• Building good and trusting relationships with residents and always being open and responsive to their questions and needs
• Creating a positive mealtime environment, whilst observing changes in nutritional status
• Acting as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity
• Supporting and encouraging residents to participate in meaningful engagement
• Reporting any concerns to the Household Lead

Whom are we looking for?

We ask our team members to take pride in their work, ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard, whilst maintaining an organized environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, team members need to be comfortable multitasking and able to work on their own initiative, unsupervised. Where necessary, the role will require working with other teams to ensure our residents are happy.

It is important that our team members can offer a cheerful, compassionate, respectful, and caring approach and have good communication and interpersonal skills. Finally, we ask for a good understanding of the needs of older people and the desire to make a positive contribution to the lives of others.

However, the following is essential:

• A compassionate, respectful, and caring approach
• Minimum 1-year experience as a Health care Assistant in a Care home Setting
• A good understanding of the needs of older people
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build professional relationships and work well within a team
• Basic IT skills and the ability to use a computer
• Be able to work alone under pressure whilst managing and prioritizing tasks
• A flexible attitude towards tasks and hours
• A professional presentation and positive attitude, with a customer-orientated and friendly outlook.

What else do we offer?

• A friendly, supportive, team working environment
• Highly competitive rates of pay
• Visa sponsorship available
• Accommodation Assistance

It is very important to us that, as well as meeting the job description, you can bring a wealth of experience and qualities that make you ideal for working with the Residents on a daily basis.

Safeguarding

All applications will be dealt with on an individual basis in accordance with policy and organizational requirement.