Senior Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield is seeking a Senior Health Care Assistant to join our team. You will work with the Nurse in Charge to lead a small Care Team in delivering high-quality care for residents.

Responsibilities include supporting personal care, meals, health needs, promoting dignity and independence, and ensuring high-standard care documentation. A Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification and Maths/English GCSEs are required.

Qualifications

• Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification.
• Maths and English GCSE grade C or above (or relevant functional skills).
• Experience as a Health Care Assistant is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Support residents with personal care and daily routines.
• Assist with meals and nutritional needs.
• Understand individual health and wellbeing needs.
• Encourage participation in social activities in and out of the home.
• Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect.
• Lead, motivate and support a team of care colleagues.
• Ensure care documentation is completed to a high standard.

Skills

Caring & calm

Good communication

Initiative

Team leadership

Empathy

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Maths GCSE C or above

English GCSE C or above

Job description

Position: Senior Health Care Assistant
Care home: Eastlands
Location: Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR
Contract type: 42 hours per week flexible for days and nights
Rate: £13.77 per hour
Care home CQC rating: Good
If you're an experienced Health Care Assistant looking to take your next career step, we have the role for you.
Our Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with our Nurse in Charge to lead a small Care Team in delivering high-quality care for the people we support.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Senior Health Care Assistant at Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

About Exemplar Health Care

Eastlands is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. The home's Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with the Nurse in Charge and lead our Care Teams in supporting every aspect of our residents’ day-to-day lives.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• supporting people with their personal care
• assisting people at meal times
• understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
• encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
• promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
• leading, motivating and supporting a team of care colleagues
• ensuring that care documentation is completed to a high standard.

Download our job description to read more: Apply through our website

About you

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You're also:

• caring, kind, understanding and calm
• able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
• energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
• a great listener and communicator, able to build trust and rapport with people
• comfortable working on your own initiative - but you know when to escape
• a motivating team leader.

To apply for this role, you must have relevant experience, a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social care, plus Maths and English at GCSE Grade C or above (or relevant functional skills qualification).

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities