Senior Care Assistant – Days
Job Description
Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Senior Care Assistant to work full time based in an adult’s residential home in Bromley which offers nursing and dementia care.
The salary for this permanent full-time job is £29,914 per annum.
Shift pattern: 37.5 hours per week, 3 x 12.5 hour shifts a week including alternate weekends, 7.45am – 8.15pm.
Main Duties:
- Leading, supporting and mentoring the team of care assistants on shift and support the nurse on duty to organise and supervise their work
- Providing direct person-centred care to all residents, promoting their individuality and dignity at all times
- Administering medication
- Performing, reporting and recording clinical observations of residents’ temperature, pulse, breathing, height and weight
- Obtaining urine, stool and sputum samples, as requested by the GP or RGN in charge
- Performing simple urinalysis following training
- Assisting residents with social activities by interacting with them, encouraging them to continue with or take up new hobbies and activities such as those organised by the Activities Coordinator or assistants
Requirements:
- Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care
- Experience working in a residential care setting
- An enhanced DBS
Benefits:
- Offering travel options, allowing you to spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loan and/or our Cycle2Work scheme
- Up to 29 days annual leave each year (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Providing fantastic career development opportunities
Contact:
This job is advertised by Harry Smy; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
