At a Glance
- Tasks: Support residents' physical and emotional wellbeing in a caring environment.
- Company: Join Nellsar, a family-run care home with a commitment to exceptional care.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, paid training, flexible hours, and 5.6 weeks annual leave.
- Other info: Ongoing training, progression opportunities, and a supportive team await you.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while growing your skills and career.
- Qualifications: A caring attitude and a passion for helping others.
The predicted salary is between 22000 - 26000 £ per year.
Job vacancy: Healthcare Assistant Days
Location: The Old Downs Residential Care Home in Dartford, Kent DA3 7BH
Contracted hours: 33 hours (3 shifts over a 7 day rota, to include every other weekend)
Rate of pay: £13.00 hourly
As a Healthcare Assistant at Nellsar Care Homes, you will be part of an exceptionally supportive team, providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at The Old Downs Residential Care Home.
The perfect role for you:
- You are a caring heart, passionate about making people happy, thriving on bringing a smile to our residents’ faces while supporting their physical and mental wellbeing.
- You are kind, compassionate, and respectful of personal choice, dignity, and privacy.
Nellsar is committed to developing and training staff to ensure high quality care is provided. The successful candidate will receive ongoing training and development with opportunities for progression, including apprenticeships.
Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that residents are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are considered to enhance their wellbeing.
- Ensuring care plans, assessments and risk assessments and other care documentation are in place and followed accordingly.
- Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of residents.
- Maintaining residents’ independence, privacy, and dignity.
- Maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of all care given in our software package (handheld devices).
- Ensuring infection control procedures are always adhered to.
What we offer:
- Competitive pay and paid training hours
- Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
- Flexibility of work according to personal availability
- Workplace pension
- Refer a Friend payments of up to £1000
- Longevity payment award scheme
- Enhanced DBS paid for by the company on completion of six months employment
- Comprehensive induction programme
- Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
- 5.6 weeks annual leave
- Working in a supportive team
- The opportunity to help your team develop
- Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
- Nellsar work uniforms
For more details about this role, please contact The Old Downs Residential Care Home at: 01474 702 146.
Why Choose Us?
Nellsar has been a family‑run company since 1988, providing exceptional care across 13 care homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person‑centred care. It’s our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the fullest.
Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.
Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family; we look forward to welcoming you!
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