Health Care Assistant

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

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Nights Health Care Assistant to provide compassionate care at Bennett Court. In this full-time role, you will work 12-hour shifts supporting individuals with personal care and daily activities. Experience is valued but not essential, as training will be provided. The ideal candidate embodies our values of fun, integrity, and teamwork. Attractive perks include career progression opportunities, access to wages before payday, and regular supervision.

Benefits

Regular supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• No required qualifications or experience, but valued.
• Ability to deal with challenging situations.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care.
• Assist during meal times.
• Maintain care records.
• Encourage participation in social activities.

Skills

Caring

Understanding

Calmness

Positive attitude

Great listener

Good communicator

Job description

Position Details

Position: Nights Health Care Assistant

Care home: Bennett Court

Location: South Elmsall, Pontefract, WF9 2TF

Contract type: Full-time, 42 hours per week, 12 hour shifts, 8.00pm - 8.00am, including weekends

Rate: £13.31 per hour on completion of Care Certificate

Care home CQC rating: Good

About Exemplar Health Care

Bennett 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 complex mental health needs and neuro disabilities including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. We also provide separate supported living facilities, where people can lead a more independent life.

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
• liaising with friends, relatives and other stake holders and promoting the profile of the home.

Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/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

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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.

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