Senior Care Worker

Nightingale Homecare Group Ltd; Beccles; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightingale Homecare is seeking a Senior Carer to join the Beccles & Bungay team. The role combines office-based responsibilities with community duties, including spot checks, medication competencies, client assessments, and care plan reviews.

You will lead and support the care team, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care. On-call one night a week and one weekend in four are included with additional pay for community shifts.

Qualifications

• Have good communication skills.
• Are confident supporting and motivating a team.
• Can lead by example and are passionate about providing excellent care.
• Are confident working both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Carry out spot checks and medication competencies with staff.
• Carry out new client assessments and existing client care plan reviews.
• Mix office-based and community-based duties as part of the role.
• Provide guidance and support to carers and lead by example.
• Participate in on-call duties as required.

Skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Person-centred care

Motivate a team

Job description

Nightingale Homecare is looking for Senior Carers to join our Beccles & Bungay Team.

This exciting opportunity offers a mixture of working in the office and out in the community carrying out spot checks and medication competencies with staff, you would also carry out new clients assessments and existing client care plan reviews.

We offer great hourly rates of pay - £15.30 whilst working in the office or carrying out team leader duties in the community.

There is also additional pay for being on call which is one night a week and one in four weekends.

Any community care shifts carried out, will be paid at £14.80-£16.00 per hour.

Your role will include a mixture of:

• Community-based Team Leader duties
• Office-based work, 8.30am-4pm
• Supporting and leading our care team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care
• Providing guidance and support to carers and leading by example
• On call one night a week 4pm-10pm and 6am-830am the following morning
• On call one weekend in four (We are looking for applicants who are ideally able to work the equivalent to the weekend of 24th 25th October)

About you:

We are looking for those who:

• Have good communication skills
• Are confident supporting and motivating a team
• Can lead by example and are passionate about providing excellent care
• Are confident working both independently and as part of a team

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their care career and develop their leadership skills within a supportive and growing homecare team