Care Assistant - Nights

Care Assistant – Oaktree Care Home

Brisham Park, Yate

Nights - Full and Part time hours available (includes alternate weekends)

At Healthcare Homes we respect, support and provide excellent opportunities to our team members. With competitive rates of pay of £9.00 per hour (£9.50 per hour on weekends).

Our Home

Based in Brisham Park, Yate, Oaktree Care Home offers residential, nursing and dementia care for upto 76 residents.

The Hours for this role are- 8pm- 8am

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Assisting residents in bathing, dressing and general mobility in accordance to their individual plan of care.
• Assisting residents in their personal hygiene requirements in accordance to their individual plan of care.
• Assisting residents with their continence requirements in accordance to their individual plan of care.
• Reporting any changes in residents’ health or behaviour to your immediate supervisor.
• Retrieving from and delivering personal laundry to residents’ rooms.
• Working with all other staff to ensure a happy, clean, dignified and safe environment for the residents.
• Ensure all records and documents are updated in accordance with company policy.
• Participate in updating and writing care plans and resident documentation.
• Assist with general cleaning, tidying and kitchen duties.

Specific Night Duties:

• Assisting in the provision of resident’s breakfasts in accordance to their individual plan of care.
• Working with other staff team members to ensure a happy, clean, and safe environment for your colleagues and any visitors to the home.
• Complete an annual night workers health assessment.

Person Specification.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Previous experience working within an elderly care environment desirable but not always necessary.
• Understand care planning process and experience of writing care plans.
• Knowledge of regulatory framework.

Skills and Abilities:

• Develop good and effective relationships with all aspects of the business internally and externally.
• Demonstrate an ability to ensure confidentiality.
• Good planning and organisational skills
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Ability to take a pro-active approach
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent attendance and time keeping record
• Attention to detail
• Flexible approach to work
• Self motivated

Healthcare Homes offer an Employee Assistance Programme which is immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns.