Shift details: 20:00 – 08:00, 3 nights per week, alternate weekends.
At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams, helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment and providing opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. Here you will make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day, with compassion and dedication truly making a difference.
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 in all aspects of personal hygiene care, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect at all times.
* Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls and 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.
* Practising safe systems of work across the 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.
* 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 capable of carrying reasonable instructions from other team members.
* Be adaptive 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 but a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other and are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and our team alike. With our vision of creating meaningful lives together, we proudly offer exceptional care across over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Additional Requirements
* 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This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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