Job Description - Senior Care Assistant (LEO00EH)
Requisition Title:
Senior Care Assistant
Job Number:
LEO00EH
Location: Herefordshire HR6 8EY
Salary: £12.85 per hour
Type: Permanent Full Time 36 Hours
Shift: Days 8am - 8pm
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
As a Senior Care Assistant, we understand how crucial your role is to our home. Not only driving Care Assistants that deliver high-quality, personal care to our residents, but also inspiring, developing, and nurturing them to be their best every day.
We’ll train you on all aspects of our new digital care, which is transforming how we work, making things easier and letting you focus on clinical excellence and care for our residents. It’s an exciting time to be with us.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
1. Day-to-day responsibility for running a unit.
2. Supporting with clinical duties, including supporting the nurse to observe, issue medication, review care plans and accurate record keeping.
3. Driving and managing a team of Care Assistants, including responsible for all shift handovers of the teams.
4. Helping with training and supervision of new staff members so they feel welcomed and supported.
5. Building relationships with residents, their families and external teams such as GPs and District Nurses.
6. Assisting residents with a range of personal care duties.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
* You’ll have completed / working towards an NVQ3 in care. We’re more than happy to support you in the completion of your qualification if needed.
* You're motivated, positive and possess great interpersonal skills, and you enjoy working in a close-knit team.
* You have previous experience of the role and knowledge of its rewards and challenges, with a passion for making a real difference to people’s lives.
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
* My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues.
* Annual allowance for Bupa healthcare products, approximately £350.
* Wagestream - Early access to up to 40% of your earned wages.
* 28 days holiday.
* Sick pay scheme to support financial reassurance during longer absences.
* Long service rewards including extra holidays and money.
* Free meal on every shift.
* Interest-free annual travel loan for public transport season tickets.
* Bupa pension plans.
* Parental leave schemes for adoption, birth parents, and co-parents.
* Menopause Plan to empower women in their health decisions.
* Access to discounts at a variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider, focused on helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives. We champion diversity and encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, aiming to offer interviews to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role.
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