Job overview
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When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on patients' lives every day. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. You’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.
Starting as a Care Assistant, you can earn up to £13.50 per hour within the first 12 to 18 months, and learn valuable specialised clinical skills through our fast-track Care Assistant programme. The role is open to new applicants who demonstrate our Values and are motivated to learn how to deliver outstanding care.
We’re looking for warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individuals to join our team as Care Assistants. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!
About the role
Your focus as a Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients.
Responsibilities
* Assisting residents with all their personal needs, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times
* Ensure documentation is completed in a timely fashion, reflecting the care delivered and escalate concerns regarding a patient's health and wellbeing to the nurse in charge at the earliest possible opportunity
* Be friendly, kind and compassionate towards patients, relatives, visitors, and colleagues, respecting the dignity and individuality of each patient
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 preferred but not required as we offer a thorough induction and training programme, after which you will work towards your Care Certificate qualification to gain confidence in your role.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
* Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards patients 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
About Fairlie Healthcare Group
At Fairlie, we’re not just a leading provider of high-quality care—we’re a place where people love to work. We’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for patients and team alike. We proudly offer exceptional care to patients across our growing network and continuously work on building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Requirements
* DBS Disclosure check (cost covered by Fairlie Healthcare Group)
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK
* Note: This role is not open to candidates who require sponsorship. If sponsorship is needed during recruitment, the application will be rejected and any provisional offer withdrawn.
What’s in it for me?
* Competitive hourly rate, increasing with new skills
* Paid breaks
* Free meals while on shift
* Comprehensive on-the-job training and support
* Excellent new starter paid induction programme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* No lone working – you’ll have support from another team member
* Excellent progression opportunities on our career pathway
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