Senior Healthcare Assistant

Excelsis Healthcare Recruitment Ltd; Southampton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship available

Accommodation Assistance

Job summary

Excelsis Healthcare Recruitment Ltd. is seeking a Senior Care Assistant in Dorset. The role demands compassionate leadership, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to resident care. Sponsorship is available, and the position supports delivering high-quality personal care with dignity and engagement for residents.

You will oversee junior staff, assist with daily routines, monitor nutrition, and report concerns to the Household Lead. ASAP start, full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Compassionate, respectful and caring approach.
• Minimum 1 year of Senior Health Care Assistant experience in a care home.
• Understanding of needs of older people.
• Excellent communication, ability to build professional relationships and teamwork.
• Basic IT skills and ability to use a computer.
• Ability to work alone under pressure and prioritise tasks.
• Flexible attitude to tasks and hours.
• Professional presentation and customer-oriented attitude.
• Proactive leader and able to manage difficult situations.
• NVQ Level 3 and Medicine Administration training.

Responsibilities

• Managing team of Junior staff.
• Assisting with personal care (washing, dressing, and grooming).
• Supporting eating and drinking.
• Building good, trusting relationships with residents and being open to questions and needs.
• Creating a positive mealtime environment, while observing nutritional status.
• Acting as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity.
• Supporting residents to participate in meaningful engagement.
• Reporting concerns to the Household Lead.

Skills

Leadership

Compassion

Communication

IT basics

Time management

Multitasking

Flexibility

Education

NVQ Level 3

Medicine Administration training

Job description

Excelsis Healthcare is looking for Senior healthcare assistants in the UK.

The candidate must be looking to start ASAP.

Full-Time Senior Care Assistant Required

Sponsorship Available

Salary: £12.82 per hour

Location: Dorset

What will your typical day involve?

• Managing team of Junior staff
• Assisting with personal care (washing, dressing, and grooming)
• Supporting eating and drinking
• Building good and trusting relationships with residents and always being open and responsive to their questions and needs
• Creating a positive mealtime environment, whilst observing changes in nutritional status
• Acting as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity
• Supporting and encouraging residents to participate in meaningful engagement
• Reporting any concerns to the Household Lead

Whom are we looking for?

We ask our team members to take pride in their work, ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard, whilst maintaining an organized environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, team members need to be comfortable multitasking and able to work on their own initiative, unsupervised. Where necessary, the role will require working with other teams to ensure our residents are happy.

It is important that our team members can offer a cheerful, compassionate, respectful, and caring approach and have good communication and interpersonal skills. Finally, we ask for a good understanding of the needs of older people and the desire to make a positive contribution to the lives of others.

However, the following is essential:

• A compassionate, respectful, and caring approach
• Minimum 1-year experience as a Senior Health care Assistant in a Care home Setting
• A good understanding of the needs of older people
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build professional relationships and work well within a team
• Basic IT skills and the ability to use a computer
• Be able to work alone under pressure whilst managing and prioritising tasks
• A flexible attitude towards tasks and hours
• A professional presentation and positive attitude, with a customer-orientated and friendly outlook.
• Proactive leader and able to manage the difficult situations
• Candidate with NVQ Level 3 and medicine Administration training

What else do we offer?

• A friendly, supportive, team working environment
• Highly competitive rates of pay
• Visa sponsorship available
• Accommodation Assistance

Safeguarding

All applications will be dealt with on an individual basis in accordance with policy and organisational requirement