Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. As a Care Assistant, you'll have the opportunity to make a positive impact on residents' lives every day, contributing to a supportive and inspiring environment where your compassion and dedication are truly valued.
Main duties of the job
As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be on delivering high standards of personal care to residents, ensuring their comfort, dignity, and independence. You'll be responsible for assisting residents with their daily hygiene needs, recognizing and escalating any clinical risks, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors. Avery Healthcare provides a thorough induction and training program to ensure you feel confident in your role, and offers opportunities for professional development throughout your career.
Job responsibilities
* Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
* Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, sign of infections and escalate 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.
Our ideal candidate must :
* 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.
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.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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