Weekend Admin Assistant -Care Home

NHS; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Weekend Admin Assistant to support care home operations. The role involves multitasking, engaging with residents, and providing administrative support during weekends. Ideal candidates will have strong people skills and a passion for delivering quality care.

Benefits

Free training and development for all roles

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications required, but administration and people skills are essential.
• Genuine interest in residents and their families is important.

Responsibilities

• Answer the phone and handle files.
• Support managers and engage with residents.
• Show prospective clients and their families around the care home.

Skills

Multi-tasking

Good computer skills

Confident telephone manner

People skills

Job description

As a Weekend Admin Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of responsibilities to help deliver the quality care and support the residents deserve. You'll answer the phone, handle files, support managers, meet and greet visitors, engage with residents, and show prospective clients and their families around to showcase what makes the care home unique. The role involves multi-tasking, good computer skills, and a confident telephone manner to create a vibrant, happy environment.

Main duties of the job

The Weekend Admin Assistant role involves working 9am-3pm on Saturdays and Sundays every other weekend (alternate weekends) with occasional cover during the week. The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to multi-task, possess good computer skills, and have a confident telephone manner. Showing a genuine interest in the residents and their families is also essential for this people-focused role.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support services in the UK. With a network of care homes and hospitals, the organization is committed to delivering the best possible care and creating vibrant, happy environments for their residents.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Weekend Admin Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of responsibilities to help us deliver the quality care and support our residents deserve. In this varied role, you'll answer the phone, handle files, support managers, meet and greet visitors, engage with residents, and show prospective clients and their families around, showcasing what makes us different. Across everything you do, you'll go out of your way to help us create a vibrant, happy environment.

The role involves working 9am-3pm on Saturdays and Sundays every other weekend (alternate weekends), with occasional cover during the week.

ABOUT YOU

If you have the ability to multi-task, good computer skills, and a confident telephone manner, you could be well-suited to the Admin Assistant role with us. It's also important that you're a people person and take a genuine interest in our residents and their families. If that sounds like you, we'll provide opportunities to develop your skills through courses designed to build your confidence across all responsibilities.

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 administration and people skills in an organization that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but the role would suit someone with administration and people skills seeking a rewarding care environment.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to ensure suitability for the role.