Care Assistant - Nights

NHS; Marlborough; On-site; NZD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Marlborough, New Zealand seeks a dedicated Care Assistant. In this role, you will deliver personal care, ensure residents' dignity, and work within a supportive team. No experience is necessary as comprehensive training will be provided. This role emphasizes effective communication and respect for residents, ensuring a meaningful impact in their lives.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality personal care and assist residents with personal hygiene.
• Recognise and understand clinical risk areas in residents.
• Practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks.

Skills

Effective communication

Respect for residents

Initiative

Adaptability

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and employees. Avery is committed to supporting and celebrating their dedicated care teams, providing a caring, supportive, and empowering environment for personal and professional growth.

Overview

At Avery Healthcare, we are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated Care Assistant to join our award‑winning team. This role focuses on delivering high standards of personal care and contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services for residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality personal care and assist residents with personal hygiene to support independence, dignity and respect at all times.
• Recognise and understand clinical risk areas in residents (e.g., weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infection) and escalate identified risks in a timely manner.
• Act courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
• Practice safe systems of work across a range of tasks.

About You

To be successful, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence in your role.

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards residents and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Job Requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and, as such, a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be necessary to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Other

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.