Avery Healthcare is one of the UKs largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, and are committed to supporting the people who care for their residents.
Main duties of the job include delivering high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This includes assisting residents with their personal hygiene care, recognising and understanding clinical risk areas, acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, and practicing safe systems of work across a range of tasks.
About Us
Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a vision of creating meaningful lives together. They offer a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Details of the role include a pay scheme of £12.25 an hour, with a flexible working pattern and a contract type of bank. The reference number for this role is 1392518657, and the job location is Avery Healthcare in Sheffield, S6 4TF.
Job Responsibilities
As a Care Assistant, your focus will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. Other responsibilities will include:
* 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 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. 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.
What We Offer
Avery Healthcare offers a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and were passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike.
Please note that this role will require a DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare, and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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