Senior Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Dawley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to support high-quality care for residents in a luxury elderly care home. Responsibilities include monitoring wellbeing, medication support, and staff supervision. The ideal candidate has an NVQ 3 in care, at least 2 years of relevant experience, and a positive attitude towards caregiving. Night shifts available, two days a week.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Flexibility to cover a range of responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident and update care plans.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Act as a key point of contact for residents and professionals.

Skills

Effective communication

Positive attitude

Flexibility

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

Overview

This is a Senior Care Assistant role with Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The role involves supporting the care team to deliver high-quality personal care to residents, ensuring a safe, caring, and inclusive environment.

Job responsibilities

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will focus on supporting and working alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care in a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff. Other responsibilities include:

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, noting changes impacting care and care plans, ensuring new needs are met, and updating written records accordingly.
• Being involved in the person-centred care planning process by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
• Supporting residents with their medication requirements.
• Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development where required.
• Acting as a key point of contact for residents, relatives, visitors, and health and social care professionals, ensuring reasonable requests are acted upon and concerns or complaints escalated as needed.

Shift Details: Night Shifts, two shifts per week.

Avery Healthcare is committed to supporting the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams and offer opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career in a caring, supportive environment.

About Avery

At Avery, we are one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We aim to create meaningful experiences for our residents and team members and offer a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

About you / Qualifications

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Our ideal candidate must:

• Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
• Have 2 years of experience in a similar care environment.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Have a positive attitude to supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Additional requirements

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Legal and compliance

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service may be required.