Care Assistant

Location: Highfield House – Purley

About The Job

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients.

Why Join Us?

When you join us, you\’ll be making a positive impact on patients\’ lives every day – your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We\’re committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you\’ll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

Starting as a Care Assistant, you can earn up to £13.50 per hour within the first 12 to 18 months and learn valuable specialised clinical skills in the process. Our FastTrack Care Assistant programme is now open to new applicants who demonstrate our Values, are motivated to learn how to deliver outstanding care.

We\’re now looking for warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individuals to join our team as a Care Assistants. If this sounds like the place for you, we\’d love to hear from you!

Your Role

• Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of care to vulnerable patients.
• Assisting residents with all their personal needs, ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
• Ensure documentation is completed in a timely fashion, reflecting the care delivered and escalating concerns regarding a patient’s health and wellbeing to the nurse in charge at the earliest possible opportunity.
• Be friendly, kind and compassionate towards patients, relatives, visitors, and colleagues, respecting the dignity and individuality of each patient.

What We\’re Looking For

• Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards patients and other people in the home.
• Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
• Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

Our Values

Fairlie Healthcare Group is guided by a strong set of core values that place compassion, dignity, and respect at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to delivering excellence in specialist, person-centred care through evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, and a relentless focus on safety and quality. We act with integrity and accountability, valuing honesty, transparency, and professional responsibility in all our decisions. Through teamwork and collaboration, we support and learn from one another, investing in continuous development and innovation to improve outcomes. We champion inclusion and equality, creating an environment where residents, families, and colleagues feel valued, supported, and empowered to achieve the best possible quality of life.

Application information

There will also be an assessment along with the interview. All candidates must have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Before starting employment, we will conduct thorough checks on original documentation to verify your right to work status.

Please note that Fairlie Healthcare Group does not offer a sponsorship scheme and is therefore unable to sponsor visa applications.