Senior Care Assistant - East Kent

Superior Healthcare; Ashford; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Superior Healthcare is seeking a Senior Care Assistant for East Kent. The role involves mobile, overnight care across Whitstable, Herne Bay, Thanet, Canterbury, and surrounding areas. A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential due to travel requirements.

You will provide high-quality, one-to-one care, following care plans and clinical guidance to maintain consistent standards across packages. Previous PEG feeding and ventilation experience is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with PEG feeding, gastrostomy care, tracheostomy care and ventilation support.
• Full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential due to travel between sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality one-to-one care and support.
• Follow individual care plans, routines and clinical guidance to ensure consistency.
• Travel between Whitstable, Herne Bay, Thanet, Canterbury and surrounding areas to provide overnight support.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, compassionate care.

Skills

PEG feeding

Gastrostomy care

Tracheostomy care

Ventilation support

Driving / own vehicle

Tools

Own vehicle

Job description

Senior Care Assistant - East Kent

Location: East Kent - Whitstable, Herne Bay, Thanet, Canterbury, and the surrounding areas.

Salary: £17.25 - £19.55 per hour

Shift pattern: Nights

Your experience in care can make a difference not only to the person you support, but to the colleagues around you. Superior Healthcare is recruiting a Female Senior Care Assistant in East Kent, paying £17.25 - £19.55 per hour, to provide high-quality one-to-one care while helping maintain consistent standards across our care packages. This role combines hands-on, person-centred care with the added responsibility expected from an experienced member of the care team.

Job description

As a Senior Care Assistant with Superior Healthcare, you'll remain closely involved in delivering care while acting as a positive example for other team members. You'll understand the individual care plans, routines and clinical guidance in detail and help support consistency across our packages.

This is a mobile role, requiring travel between Whitstable, Herne Bay, Thanet, Canterbury, and surrounding areas, providing essential overnight support where it is needed most. Working independently and as part of a wider multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care is delivered to every client.

To be successful in this role, you must have previous hands-on experience with PEG feeding and gastrostomy care, tracheostomy care and management, and ventilation support. A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential due to the travel requirements of this position.

Shifts

Typically 10-12 hour waking or sleeping night shifts with optional overtime opportunities.

Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female/male worker to work with our client (please refer to: Further explanation is provided in the Equality Act#####0 Explanatory Notes Point 787 ( SHCMMO WKCL1_UKTJ