Salary £25,949 per annum | 23.3 hours per week | Permanent, Part time | Broadfield | Leyland, Lancashire
Night senior care assistant role.
6 week rota
21:30- 08:30
2 nights on and 4 nights off
This role does not support sponsorship
You must have a level 2 qualification in health and social care to apply
Accountabilities/Responsibilities – Appropriate for this post:
1. To provide waking night time cover undertaking managerial administrative tasks and, when required or instructed by senior management, to attend to the personal care needs of the people we support during the night. This will include, when required, assisting care staff with the provision of personal care to people who may be in receipt of end-of-life care.
2. Provide on the job oversight of care staff. Instructing and checking that the duties of care staff on duty are undertaken including the provision of care to those who are unwell or in receipt of end of life care.
3. Follow the professional standards for care staff as set out in Lancashire County Council’s Code of Conduct, skills for care code of conduct and all relevant professional body codes of conduct and Care Quality Commission, (CQC), Essential Standards of Quality & Safety.
4. Ensure that all relevant Health & Safety policies/procedures are adhered to and, in the absence of the Registered Care Manager, ensuring that the safety of the premises and all those who use it, are maintained at all times. Assist with the maintaining of up-to-date and accurate relevant paper based and/or electronic Health & Safety documents/records.
5. Administer medication to the people we support within the establishment in accordance with medical practitioner's instructions and in line with LCC Adult Services - Older People's Care Service medication handling & administration policies/procedures. Accurately maintain up-to-date records relating to medication administration, (or non-administration), to people we support and in relation to medication which may be taken out of the establishment by the people we support.
6. In conjunction with the people, we support / families / partners / professionals and colleagues, carry out assessments & reviews in relation to persons care needs. Assist with the compilation of paper based and/or electronic person centred support plans. Contribute to ongoing reviews and amendment of the resulting support plans. Maintain up-to-date and accurate daily diary notes in relation to the people we support and their care needs.
7. Ensure that all directions in relation to the care and treatment of residents given by GP's and/or other health & social care professionals are carried out.
8. Along with, and in the absence of, the Registered Care Manager, ensure that appropriate resources, (i.e. care staff and/or equipment), are deployed in a timely and effective manner to ensure the safe and effective implementation of support plans and to meet changing needs of residents. Ensure that support plans and/or support plan changes are communicated to care staff/others as required and ensure that support plan instructions are implemented.
9. Access, update and maintain accurate paper based and electronic systems/records to produce high quality person-centred individual support plans. Update appropriate paper based/electronic records and information systems. When required, provide high quality, detailed and accurate reports.
Additional Supporting Information – Specific to this post:
1. The postholder must actively participate in personal supervision/appraisal meetings and be committed to continuous personal professional development.
2. The postholder must attend relevant approved training courses identified through these processes or as determined by the Registered Care Manager/Senior Manager.
3. The postholder must actively participate in team development including attending and/or leading Team Meetings as determined by the Registered Care Manager/Senior Manager.
