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Senior Carer - Residential Care Home

Barchester Healthcare

Southampton

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GBP 25,000 - 30,000

Full time

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Job summary

Barchester Healthcare seeks a dedicated Residential Senior Carer to join their team in Southampton. You'll oversee care staff, ensure quality resident care, and administer medications while promoting a warm environment. This role provides an opportunity to grow through ongoing training and career advancement.

Benefits

Free training and development
Access to wellbeing tools
Retail discounts
Refer a Friend bonus
Employee of the Month rewards
Long Service Awards

Qualifications

  • Previous experience in a residential care setting required.
  • Proven leadership skills in a care environment.
  • Commitment to providing individualized care.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and train care staff, ensuring quality care for residents.
  • Administer and order medication and update care plans.
  • Liaise with family members and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Team leadership
Compassion
Decision making

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care
Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care

Job description

Please note this is a Night Shift Position

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Residential Senior Carer at a Barchester care home, you’ll look after the different needs of our residents to enable us to deliver quality, person-centred care and support. You will be responsible for leading a team of care staff, which will include training, supervisions and delegating duties on shift. You will also support with the administering and ordering of medication, reviewing and updating resident care plans and risk assessment, and liaising with GP’s, district nursing teams and resident family members. Like everyone here, as a Residential Senior Care Assistant, you’ll always respect the dignity and preferences of our residents as well playing your own part in creating an environment that’s warm, welcoming and vibrant.

ABOUT YOU

The successful candidate will have NVQ Level 3 or Advanced Diploma in Health & Social Care to join us as a Residential Senior Care Assistant. You will have previous experience in a residential care setting along with proven team leadership skills and the ability to make appropriate decisions to support the needs and wellbeing of our Residents. We’re looking for people who are warm-hearted, compassionate and committed to giving each resident individualised care and support. You’ll have the opportunity to develop your career through ongoing training opportunities, so there’s no limit to how far you can go with us. Many of our Senior Carer Assistants progress into Care Practitioners, Care Community Leads or on to nursing pathways.

REWARDS PACKAGE


In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:
•Free training and development for all roles
•Access to wellbeing and support tools
•A range of retail discounts and savings
•Unlimited referrals with our ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
•‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’

And so much more!

If you’d like to use your motivational and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

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