Care Assistant - Bank in Nuneaton

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for both residents and employees. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Care Assistant - Bank at Acorn Lodge Care Home in Nuneaton.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.
• Assist residents with their personal hygiene, recognising and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors.

About us:

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They are committed to creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. With their vision of "creating meaningful lives together," Avery is dedicated to offering exceptional care and meaningful experiences for both residents and team members.

Job responsibilities:

• Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
• Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, sign of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
• Practising 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.

At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes – we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

Person Specification:

Experience is not required as Avery Healthcare offers a thorough induction and training programme. The ideal candidate must have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect towards residents, be an efficient worker, and be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.

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.