Senior Care Assistant – Nights

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Full time
Location: Leicester
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Job offered by: NHS
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This role at Avery Healthcare in Leicester offers the opportunity to work as a Senior Care Assistant, supporting the care team in delivering high-quality, person-centered care to residents. The successful candidate will be caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable, with a positive attitude and the ability to work flexibly. Main duties of the job

As a Senior Care Assistant, your focus will be to support and work alongside the care team to provide a safe, caring, innovative, open, supportive, and inclusive environment for residents, visitors, and staff. This will involve monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being involved in the care planning process, supporting residents with medication, and undertaking staff supervisions. You will also act as a key point of contact for residents, their relatives, and health and social care professionals. About us

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." They are committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered, and where residents can experience exceptional care. Job responsibilities

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 will 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 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 experience working in a similar care environment. Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing. Have a positive attitude to both supporting and nurturing residents and staff. Be responsive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities. Job requirements

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. Person Specification

To be successful, you will need an NVQ 3 or equivalent in care for care homes, 2 years' experience working in a similar care environment, the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing, and a positive attitude towards supporting and nurturing residents and staff. 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.

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