The Regional Senior Care Assistant role at Barchester Healthcare involves delivering warm, empathetic, and respectful care and support to residents across a 20-mile radius. The role is diverse, encompassing tasks such as monitoring the delivery of care, contributing to person-centred care planning, and providing support and companionship to ensure residents enjoy meaningful one-on-one interactions.
Main duties of the job
As a Regional Senior Care Assistant, you'll be responsible for monitoring the delivery of care, contributing to the person-centred care planning process, and recording important observations like temperature and blood pressure. Additionally, you'll provide support and companionship to the residents, ensuring they have meaningful one-on-one interactions with the carers. The role requires a background in care, a good understanding of elderly care, and a Level 2 NVQ in Health & Social Care, with a view to completing an NVQ 3. Dedicated and compassionate, you'll go above and beyond to support the wellbeing of the residents.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE As a Regional Senior Care Assistant with Barchester care homes, you'll deliver warm, empathetic and respectful care and support across a 20-mile radius to help our residents get the most out of life. On a practical level, you can expect to monitor the delivery of care when on duty, contribute to the person-centred care planning process for each resident and record observations on things like temperature and blood pressure amongst a range of other important tasks. The role of Regional Care Assistant is very varied and also involves providing support and companionship. It's vital for us that every resident enjoys meaningful one-to-one time with our carers, every single shift.
ABOUT YOU A background in care is important for the role of Regional Senior Care Assistant, and you'll need a good understanding of elderly care. A Level 2 NVQ in Health & Social Care is essential with a view to complete an NVQ 3, a good understanding of the wider healthcare industry is required. Ideally, you'll also have a C or above in GCSE English and Maths. Dedicated and compassionate, your passion for people means you'll go above and beyond to support the wellbeing of residents. Because you'll be travelling across the area, you'll either need your own car or ready access to one. We'll cover your mileage when you travel over five miles from your main home.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* A Level 2 NVQ in Health & Social Care is essential, with a view to completing an NVQ 3. A good understanding of the wider healthcare industry is also required, and ideally, you'll have a C or above in GCSE English and Maths.
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.
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