Senior Care Assistant
Location
Brisham Park, Yate
Salary & Benefits
£9.44 per hour (£9.94 per hour on weekends)
Vacancy Type
Part Time
Closing Date
20/04/2021
Senior Care Assistant - Oaktree
Oaktree, located in Brisham Park, Yate, is a 76 bedded home, offering residential, nursing and respite care. We are recruiting for a Senior Care Assistant to join the team on night shifts.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Previous experience working within an elderly care environment.
- Understand care planning process and experience of writing care plans.
- Knowledge of regulatory framework.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Recognise and facilitate the daily needs of residents.
- Conduct formal supervisions and appraisals.
- Contributing to care planning and coaching care assistants.
- Take an active professional role in promoting the services offered when dealing with relatives, prospective residents and enquiries.
- Participate in updating and writing care plans and resident documentation.
- Be responsible for making and reporting realistic assessments of each resident to ensure continuity of care.
- Be responsible for administrating medication to the residents in accordance with policies and procedures.
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.