Care Assistant in Carnforth

About you

• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusting relationships.
• Commitment to improving the quality of life for residents by delivering dignified, compassionate, and person-centred care.
• Ability to adapt to different environments and changing needs.
• Eagerness to learn, develop, and progress.
• A warm, friendly nature and a collaborative approach to working as part of a family-like team.

Benefits of working for The Ingleborough Nursing Home

• Excellent work environment - we are much like a family.
• High-quality funded training and career development.
• EAP Employee Assistance Program (support for employees and their families).
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Quick and easy onboarding process.
• Competitive pay.
• Free onsite parking.
• Subsidised meals.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant / Care Worker, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, hands-on personal care to our residents, including:

• Person-Centred Care Delivery: Delivering daily hands-on personal care and hygiene support in strict alignment with residents' care plans and individual choices.
• Day-to-Day Monitoring: Continually monitoring residents' physical and mental wellbeing during your shift, and promptly escalating any changes in condition or concerns to the senior team.
• Medication Support: Assisting and supporting the Nurse-in-Charge with safe medication management only when specifically trained, authorised, and asked to do so under their direct clinical supervision.
• Digital Documentation: Completing and maintaining accurate, immediate records of all care delivery, daily observations, and fluid/nutrition logs within the Nourish system.
• Supporting a Calm Environment: Actively contributing to a safe, calm, and respectful environment across the home, promoting meaningful social engagement and resident choices.
• Collaborative Teamwork: Working closely with the wider Ingleborough team to uphold the home's high standards of care, family-like community, and resident dignity.

About us

The Ingleborough Nursing Home is one of the most trusted healthcare providers in North Yorkshire with 50 years experience of providing Quality Care with Kindness.

Job responsibilities

• Physical Care, Wellbeing & Support:
• Personal Care: Helping residents with all personal care and hygiene needs including washing, showering, bathing, getting dressed, and assisting with all nutritional requirements.
• Mobility Support: Supporting residents with mobilising and transferring using appropriate equipment, encouragement, and supervision as specified in care plans.
• Positioning: Assisting residents to change positions safely when unable to do so themselves, using the correct specified equipment.
• Meal Service: Serving meals, setting up dining spaces, and providing focused assistance to residents at mealtimes when needed.
• Responsiveness: Promptly answering call bells and responding compassionately to individual care needs.
• Medication Assistance: Where appropriately trained and competent to do so, assisting and supporting the nurse in charge with safe medication management.
• Social Engagement & Environment:
• Activity Promotion: Promoting physical and mental activity through regular chatting, sharing news, and actively supporting involvement in reading, writing, hobbies, and recreations.
• Community Access: Escorting and supporting residents who wish to go out, encouraging continued community and social inclusion.
• Room Upkeep & Care: Assisting residents to keep their private rooms and personal possessions tidy in strict accordance with their personal wishes.
• Domestic Care: Making and changing beds, ensuring residents have everything required within their private bedrooms, and maintaining a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene in the resident's immediate environment.
• Clothing & Laundry Management: Collecting and taking used linen and clothing to the laundry room, and conducting periodic checks of residents' wardrobes and drawers to ensure personal clothing is kept neat, tidy, and well-organised.
• Hospitality: Welcoming and greeting visitors and guests politely at the door or telephone, maintaining the home's high standards of customer care.
• Governance, Recording & Safety:
• Care Planning: Strictly following established individual care plans and proactively providing feedback or inputs to update them where appropriate.
• Digital Documentation: Recording and reporting all essential information in the Nourish system accurately and immediately.
• Floor Escalation: Promptly escalating and reporting any concerns regarding a residents care, condition, or safety to the senior team.
• Team Engagement: Actively participating in all scheduled staff and residents' meetings as well as professional training activities.
• Safeguarding: Keeping people safe from harm by operating in strict alignment with safeguarding policies and preventing any form of discrimination.
• Health and Safety: As an employee of The Ingleborough Nursing Home, the post holder has a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
• Data Protection: The post holder must at all times respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and any appropriate duties as reasonably required. This job description is subject to regular review and any appropriate modification.

Person Specification

• Experience
• Essential: Previous experience working with older people within a care home or professional care environment.
• Desirable: Previous experience supporting individuals living with dementia.
• Additional
• Essential: Right to work in the UK. Excellent communication skills, including fluency in spoken English and the ability to write clearly and effectively for residents and the team. Ability to build trusting relationships. Commitment to improving the quality of life for residents. Works collaboratively as part of a family-like team. Willingness to complete all mandatory training including Safeguarding and Health and Safety.
• Desirable: Good organisational and time-management skills. Previous experience using electronic care logging systems such as Nourish. Basic IT skills.
• Qualifications
• Essential: NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.
• Desirable: Evidence of continuous personal or professional development.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Employer details

Employer name: Ingleborough Nursing Home

Address: Ingleborough Nursing Home, 1 High Street, Ingleton, CARNFORTH, Lancashire, LA6 3AB, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://ingleboroughnursinghome.com