About this role
Job summary Join Barchester Healthcare as a Bank Care Assistant, where you'll play a vital role in helping residents at a care home in Salisbury enjoy their daily lives by providing quality care and support. This temporary position offers a flexible schedule, with varying hours and days based on staffing needs for leave coverage. You'll have the opportunity to enhance your career in a dynamic and rewarding setting, with access to free learning and development opportunities. Barchester values the growth of their workforce and is committed to delivering the highest standard of care to its residents. Apply your skills and compassion in an organization dedicated to quality care for loved ones.
Main duties of the job As a Bank Care Assistant at Barchester Healthcare's care home in Salisbury, you'll assist residents in enjoying each day by ensuring they receive the care and support they deserve. Your responsibilities will include aiding with daily living tasks, providing companionship, and creating memorable moments with residents. This role offers variety and fulfillment, as you'll be engaged in tasks like supporting residents with meals and adhering to care plans, and ensuring one-on-one time for each resident. Barchester seeks individuals with experience in elder care, a positive attitude, and excellent communication skills. You'll bring empathy and compassion to the role, delivering top-notch care. Enjoy competitive pay, flexibility, and access to free learning and development opportunities. As a Bank position, your hours and days will vary to cover staffing needs, such as for annual or sick leave.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading care provider in the UK, known for its commitment to delivering high-quality care and support in its care homes. As part of their workforce, you'll be joining a company that values growth and development for its employees. Barchester creates fulfilling environments for their staff to thrive in, offering competitive pay and flexible work opportunities. The company takes pride in the comprehensive training and development programs available to staff, ensuring they are equipped to provide the best possible care to residents. Barchester is dedicated to maintaining a high standard of care, reflecting what they'd expect for their own loved ones.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.
ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.
As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.
If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Experience in caring for older people, a can-do attitude, and excellent communication skills.
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.
Employer details Employer name Barchester Healthcare
Address Barchester Healthcare
Salisbury
SP1 1NJ
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)