Job Overview
This role as a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare is an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of residents every day. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality personal care, contributing to the care team, and ensuring continuity of services to residents. The role requires strong communication skills, initiative, and the ability to work flexibly to cover a range of responsibilities.
About the Role
Your focus as a Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.
Responsibilities
* Assisting residents with personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals.
* Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
* Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
* Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.
About You
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.
About Avery
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together.' They are committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered, and they offer exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes.
Person Specification
* Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
* Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
* Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Additional Requirements
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Advert Note
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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