Healthcare Assistant Nights, Dartford Kent

Nellsar Care Homes Group; Dartford; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS paid for by the company

Comprehensive induction programme

Refer a Friend payments

Workplace pension

Job summary

The Old Downs Residential Care Home in Dartford is seeking a Healthcare Assistant Nights to join Nellsar Care Homes Group. You will provide compassionate care to residents and support their physical and emotional needs during night shifts.

This role offers 33 hours per week on a rota, with an hourly rate of £13 and enhanced holiday pay. Training, DBS support, and opportunities for progression within the group are provided.

Qualifications

• Compassionate, caring person with a focus on residents' wellbeing.
• Ability to work nights on a rota basis.
• Willingness to participate in training and DBS where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide physical, emotional and social support to residents.
• Follow care plans, assessments and safety procedures.
• Maintain accurate records of care given on our software.
• Adhere to infection control procedures at all times.
• Respect residents' privacy and dignity.
• Support residents to maintain independence and wellbeing.

Job description

Job Vacancy: Healthcare Assistant Nights

Location: The Old Downs Residential Care Home in Dartford, Kent

Contracted hours: 33 hours (to include weekends on a rota basis, 3X 11 hour shifts)

(Hourly) rate of pay: £13

As Healthcare Assistant at Nellsar Care Homes, you will enjoy being a part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at The Old Downs Residential Care Home.

The perfect role for you

Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents’ face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people’s personal choice, dignity, and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff in order to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships for new and existing staff.

You will have the opportunity to excel

whilst: The Health Care Assistant responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring that residents are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing.
• Ensuring care plans, assessments and risk assessments and other care documentation in place to support residents are followed accordingly.
• Being responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of residents.
• Maintaining the residents’ independence, privacy, and dignity always.
• Maintaining accurate and up to date records of all care given, onto our software package (handheld devices).
• Ensuring Infection Control procedures are always adhered to.

What we offer in return to your dedication

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• Workplace pension
• ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company on completion of six months employment
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact The Old Downs Residential Care Home at: 01474 702 146.

Why Choose Us

Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person-centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.

It’s our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the full

• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• More information about The Old Downs Residential Care Home is available here https://the-old-downs.nellsar....
• You will be an important member of The Old Downs family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people’s quality of life.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.

Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!