Senior Care Assistant - Nights

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

Job summary

A luxury elderly care provider in Norwich is seeking a Senior Care Assistant. You will support the Care team in providing high standards of personal care and create a safe and inclusive environment for residents. The ideal candidate has an NVQ 3 in care and 2 years of experience. Strong communication skills and a positive attitude toward residents and staff are essential. This role offers a rewarding opportunity in a supportive team.

Qualifications

• 2 years' experience working in a similar care environment.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Willingness to support and nurture residents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the wellbeing of each resident.
• Support residents with their medication requirements.
• Act as a key contact for residents, relatives, and professionals.

Skills

Effective communication

Positive attitude

Flexibility

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent in care

Job description

Job summary: This is a Senior Care Assistant role at Avery Healthcare in Norwich, UK. The role involves supporting and working alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors, and staff.

Main duties of the job: Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff. Other responsibilities will include monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being involved in the person-centred care planning process, supporting residents with their medication requirements, undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development, and acting as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals.

About us: Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.

Job responsibilities:

• Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and written records are amended to reflect any variation.
• 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 for contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in their wellbeing, ensuring that any reasonable requests are acted upon, and concerns or complaints are escalated.

About you: 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' experience working in a similar care environment.
• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Have a positive attitude to both supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
• Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

Avery Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.