Hours
Full time - 35 hours per week
Part time - minimum 21 hours per week
Hourly rate
£14.05 per hour plus night and weekend enhancement, where applicable
Summary Responsibilities
- Delivery and lead in delivery of day-to-day holistic care for residents and meeting their unique needs. Duties include (but not exclusive to): personal care; assisting with mobility needs; infection control; supporting residents with dementia, and end of life care; changing bed linen, sorting laundry, safe disposal of clinical waste, manage stock levels and equipment such as wheelchairs.
- Undertake clinical and medication tasks and support, under the guidance of a Registered Nurse.
- Working with volunteers, Wellbeing Coordinator and therapy teams to provide and encourage meaningful activities.
- Relationship building with a range of stakeholders, including a key worker relationship with named residents.
- Assist with nutrition and food choices, serving drinks and assisting with eating/drinking.
- Accurate maintenance of records (including of a complex nature) relating to care and regulatory needs.
- Lead and contribute to handovers, team meetings and supervisions.
Other Skills and Qualifications
Essential
- Level 2 in Care (or equivalent qualification or experience).
- Ability to provide effective personal care with dignity (assisting with nutrition, bathing and toileting)
- Educated to GCSE (or equivalent) level to include maths and English
- Confident with using IT and a basic understanding of Word/Email
- Awareness of older people's needs and some understanding of dementia.
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and CQC requirements.
- Knowledge of basic first aid, manual handling and food and hygiene practices
- Experience of working with older people, those with a disability, and/or dementia
- Experience of working in a nursing home/hospital/sheltered housing/social care setting
Desirable
- Level 3 in Care (or willingness to work towards it) for Senior Care Assistants
- People management and development skills.
- Clinical experience of: oxygen management, catheter care, "stop and watch", low level observations (blood sugars, dressings, ears/eyes, peg feeds, venepuncture).
Additional information
- Duties must be carried out in compliance with St Monica Trust's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
- This role profile contains the principal accountabilities relating to this post and does not describe in detail all the duties required to carry them out.
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and this means that any criminal conviction, including spent convictions, must be made known at the time of the application.
The role
As a Care Assistant, you get to support and deliver care to our residents, by assisting them with their daily needs. Building strong relationships is the key in this role, supporting their health and well-being.
Training and development
You will get all the support and training needed to, if you wish, become a Senior Care Assistant and to work under guidance from our Registered Nurses, carrying out more complex care activities, as well as taking more responsibility for residents around the home.