Senior Care Assistant Nights

Springcare Ltd; Ilkeston; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Ilkeston is seeking a Senior Care Assistant to provide support to residents during night or day shifts. Candidates should hold a minimum of level 3 in Health & Social Care and have experience in administering medication. The position offers flexibility with both full-time and part-time contracts, comprehensive training, and various employee benefits including wellbeing support and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Access to Blue Light Card

Early pay using Wage Stream App

Ongoing training and career progression

Counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Experience administering medication.
• Proven experience in a similar role.

Responsibilities

• Supporting residents with personal care.
• Administering medication.
• Leading a team of care assistants.
• Communicating with external healthcare sources.

Skills

Supportive nature

Patience

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Teamwork

Education

Minimum level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Overview

Canal Vue, Ilkeston - Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant Nights

Would you like to be a part of a caring, supportive team? We now have an opportunity for a Senior Care Assistant to join Springcare at Canal Vue, where every day you can make a difference to someone’s life.

Qualities

• Being supportive, both physically and emotionally to both residents and colleagues
• Patience and the ability to keep calm and work well under pressure
• Passion to help others to live later life well
• Have a kind, warm and caring nature
• Communication skills, able to communicate well with both colleagues and residents
• Can work as part of a team and on their own
• Leadership skill and able to inspire and motivate others
• Senior Care Assistants not only help to provide care to our residents, but they also help to make our residents lives fulfilled, treat each resident with dignity & respect, and care for them all as if they were their own family

Skills, knowledge, and experience

As a Senior Care Assistant, you would hold a minimum of a level 3 in Health & Social Care, have experience administering medication, and have proven experience in a similar role.

The Role

• Supporting residents with personal care
• Administering medication
• Maintaining accurate records
• Leading a team of care assistants, and assist nurse in charge
• Apply dressings as and when needed
• Take any samples as and when necessary
• Communicate with external sources such as Doctors and District Nurses

Our care team provide 24-hour care, where day care shifts are worked from 8am until 8pm, and night-time shifts are from 8pm until 8am.

Typical Shift Patterns

• Night Contract: 8pm until 8am
• Day Contract: 8am until 8pm

What Springcare can offer to you

• Permanent full and part time day or night contracts – with access to our work placed pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – withdraw up to 50% of earnings in advance of pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Full support with ongoing CPD & Revalidation and access to fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications with career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal
• Successful applicants require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (depending on role) and evidence of a right to work in the UK

How to apply

If you are interested in becoming a Senior Care Assistant with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our Senior Care fantastic, we would love to hear from you and be a part of your new chapter in care.

Springcare are committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.