Nights Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health care provider in Burnley is seeking a Nights Health Care Assistant to support residents with personal care and social activities. Ideal candidates are kind, communicative, and capable of handling challenging situations. This full-time position offers competitive pay, great perks, and training opportunities to help you succeed in the role.

Benefits

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Career prospects and learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Relevant experience is valued but not essential.
• Identifies with Exemplar Health Care values.

Responsibilities

• Support people with their personal care.
• Assist people at meal times.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage social activities.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Complete and maintain care records.

Skills

Caring and kind attitude

Great listener and communicator

Ability to deal with challenging situations

Energetic and outgoing personality

Job description

Overview

Position: Nights Health Care Assistant

Care home: Wytham Lodge

Location: Wytham Street, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 7DX

Contract type: Full time - 36 hour contract minimum

Rate: £12.31 upon completion of exemplar care certificate

About Exemplar Health Care

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

When open, Wytham Lodge will 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

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

Download our job description to read more: 1029766837/

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

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call 01977 630830 or email [e-mail]

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.