Senior Care Assistant

Are you a highly experienced Senior Carer looking for a new challenge? We have a great opportunity to join a new, beautiful nursing home offering a wide range of great facilities for their residents.

We are recruiting for professional, highly experienced Senior Care Assistants for a beautiful nursing home based in the Chelmsford area of Essex. These are permanent positions, offering day or night shifts (you can do either/or or both) 8am-8pm or 8pm to 8am) 33.75 - 45 hours per week.

This new home is set in beautiful grounds, and offers cinema room, dining for family and friends, beauty treatments amongst many other great services to their residents. Their promise to make everyone special extends to their own team too. Once you join, you become part of the Family, who look out for one another and provide support and guidance along the way. For their teams they encourage growth and progression and are committed to providing platforms where possible for team members to grow within the company. Please note sponsorship is not being offered for this role.

Person Specification / Skills and Knowledge required

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Basic IT literacy
• Ability to organise and prioritise tasks and work under pressure.
• Previous experience in a Care role.
• Minimum of NVQ 3 or equivalent in Health & Social Care.
• Recognised Medication and administration

Experience

• Demonstrable ability in organising, leading, inspiring, and influencing a team.
• Kind and compassionate with the ability to build caring and therapeutic relationships.
• Prepared to take accountability and ownership for duties/role.
• Flexible in approach to working hours/days/times.
• Team player.
• Willingness to participate in training and development in respect of requirements of the role.
• Confident and assertive when handling difficult conversations or dealing with challenging people/issues.
• Provide direct care to residents supporting and promoting their independence, choice, dignity, and overall wellbeing.

Care Activities

• Washing, showering, bathing
• Promoting continence and assisting with toileting
• Assisting with dressing
• Assisting with food and fluid intake
• Mobility

Following successful completion of competency-based training the Senior Care Assistant will administer medication in line with Care Homes Medication Policy and professional guidelines. In addition they will be expected to undertake random daily and monthly audits, reconciliations and to manage and co coordinate the supply of medication ensuring residents are not 'out of stock'. Manage any discrepancies in line with Drug Administration Policy.

Hours available are 33.75 or 45 per week. (days and/or nights)

£15 per hour, rising to £15.50 per hour from April

Permanent role.

For further information and full job spec, apply today or contact Kim Baker, ENS Recruitment Southend.