Senior Care Assistant – Nights at Avery Healthcare
The role of a Senior Care Assistant - Nights at Avery Healthcare involves looking after residents at the Milton Court Care Home located in Milton Keynes. The job requires an individual who is passionate about providing high levels of care and support to residents throughout the night. As a Senior Care Assistant, you will work closely with the care team to deliver exceptional care, ensuring residents are comfortable, safe, and well‑cared for. Your responsibilities will also include monitoring the wellbeing of residents, managing care plans, and supporting staff development. A supportive and enriching environment will be provided by the organisation to help you grow in your role.
Main duties of the job
Your focus as a Senior Care Assistant will be to support and work alongside the Care team to deliver high standards of personal care, providing a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors and staff. Other responsibilities include:
* Monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any change impacting on care and care plans, ensuring that new needs are met, and written records are amended to reflect any variation.
* Being involved in the person‑centred care planning process, by implementing, monitoring, and undertaking monthly evaluations.
* Supporting residents with their medication requirements.
* Undertaking staff supervisions and supporting staff with their development where required.
* Acting as a key point for contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals involved in their wellbeing, ensuring that any reasonable requests are acted upon, and concerns or complaints are escalated.
About Us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and staff. Our vision "creating meaningful lives together" reflects our passion for providing exceptional care across our network of over 100 homes. Avery Healthcare is dedicated to building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered each day.
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. Our ideal candidate must:
* Have an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes.
* Have 2 years of experience working in a similar care environment.
* Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Have a positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents and staff.
* Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.
Additional Requirements
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Package Description
Shift details: incl. weekends.
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.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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