At Avery Healthcare, we are committed to supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. As a Care Assistant, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We offer a caring, supportive environment with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.
Main duties of the job
Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. You will assist residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity, and respect. You will also recognize and understand clinical risk areas in residents and act courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
Job responsibilities
Other responsibilities will include:
* Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity, and respect of individuals at all times.
* Recognizing and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, signs of infections, and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
* Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
* Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.
About You
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
* Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
* Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
* Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Requirements
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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