Health Care Assistant – Green Tree Court, Exeter

Location: Exeter

Role type: Residential Care

Day and nighttime opportunities

Full time (48hrs per week) daytime and nighttime opportunities

Full-time (35hrs per week) nighttime opportunity

Do you like to connect with people, make a difference and do the right thing? Somerset Care is an award-winning not-for-profit care provider across the South West. When people think about care, they think of the Somerset Care Group. Green Tree Court became part of the Somerset Care Group in 2024. We are proud to state that we are a disability confident employer.

Everything we do at Somerset Care is underpinned by our four core values:

• Connecting with people
• Making a difference
• Doing the right thing

By living these values, we ensure that we keep our commitment to delivering high-quality, tailored care to support and enrich the lives of our customers. Join our Care Home Team in Exeter. Green Tree Court located in Exeter is a luxury, 68-bedroom care home which has achieved the Stirling Gold Standard for dementia design. The home provides a comfortable, safe, stylish environment, for those requiring expert dementia support and nursing care.

Purpose of the role

Health Care Assistants play a key role in supporting qualified professionals. Depending on the individual role, a care assistant may assist therapists or specialists by setting up equipment and providing hands-on support or by working directly with residents in carrying out routine personal care duties.

Key responsibilities of the role

• Clinical: At the direction of the Registered Nurse / Nurse in Charge participate fully in the delivery of planned nursing and or Personal Care.
• To be aware of resident’s emotional, social and physical needs, reporting back to trained nurse / care manager responsible for their care.
• Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated and records maintained.
• Record in the relevant documentation the care that has been delivered contemporaneously.
• Recognise and respond to appropriately to urgent and emergency situations.
• Work collaboratively with registered nurses and other care or hospitality / domestic staff to ensure residents nutritional needs are met.
• Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others.

This list is not exhaustive, and you may be required to undertake additional tasks from time to time.

You don’t need to have any qualifications, but you would need to have the relevant experience:

• At least 3 months previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant.
• Physical fitness.
• Familiarity with the needs of disabled and or vulnerable individuals.
• Ability to work individually and in a team, under pressure and to time deadlines and within a varied work pattern.
• Ability to liaise with clients’ families and other significant persons.
• Ability to read and understand care documentation, record shift events legibly and help clients read personal correspondence.
• Excellent listening and verbal communication skills.
• Sense of humour and friendly nature.
• Ability to solve problems.
• Ability to interact with people of all ages, race, gender or ethnic origin without distinction or prejudice.
• Demonstrates a commitment to developing anti-discriminatory practice and equal opportunities in personal work practice.

As a valued employee, you’ll have access to a range of benefits:

• Full company induction, ongoing training to gain Nationally recognised Health and Social Care qualifications plus the opportunity to start an Apprenticeship.
• Please be advised that you will be required to work every other weekend.
• Enhanced pay for nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Blue Light Card– provides access to more than 15,000 discounts from large national retailers to local businesses!
• Wellbeing support available, covering a wide range of support services and events.
• Reward and recognition – Bright Sparks, Somerset Care Group Awards, Long Service Awards.
• Refer a Friend Bonus– £350 per person you refer (Uncapped and paid on successful appointment).

Somerset Care Limited is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome applications from all individuals. As this position involves “regulated activity” (as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) an Enhanced DBS check will be undertaken. It’s a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group. Somerset Care is committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and children at risk.