Overview
Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield. As a Health Care Assistant, you'll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives. This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride - you'll be making a real difference each and every day. Eastlands is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. The home\'s Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
Responsibilities
- Support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them; day-to-day responsibilities include encouraging and engaging people in learning and developing their daily living skills and independence
- Recognise when people are unwell and provide the appropriate support
- Assist people with personal care such as washing, showering and getting dressed
- Support people at meal times
- Support people with their health and wellbeing needs
- Encourage people to take part in social activities, both inside and outside the home
- Promote choice, dignity, independence and respect at all times
- Fill in care records
Qualifications
- Six months experience in a care setting required; qualifications are not essential for this role
About you
- You\'re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork
- Caring, kind, understanding and calm
- Able to deal with and defuse challenging situations
- Energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
- A great listener and communicator
You\'ll put people at the heart of everything you do. We\'ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.
