Job Description - Senior Care Assistant (HAT00OJ)
Requisition Title
Senior Care Assistant
Job Number:
HAT00OJ
Hatfield Peverel Lodge
Crabbs Hill Chelmsford
Senior Care Assistant
Hatfield Peverel Lodge Care Home, Chelmsford CM3 2NZ
£11.95 - £13.54 per hour (depending on experience)
Permanent Full Time Days and Nights
8am - 8pm / 8pm - 8am
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 of 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.
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:
1. 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.
2. You're motivated, positive and with great interpersonal skills, and you enjoy working in a close-knit team.
3. You have previous experience of the role and knowledge of its rewards and challenges.
4. You have a passion for making a real difference to people’s lives, giving them the kindness, personalised support and dignity they need.
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. 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:
1. My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues.
2. Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
3. Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
4. 28 days holiday.
5. We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams.
6. Long service rewards including ecards, extra holidays and money.
7. Free meal on every shift.
8. Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
9. We offer a range of Bupa pension plans.
10. Parental leave schemes for adoption, birth parents and co-parents.
11. Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice.
12. Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. Our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com
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