Senior Care Assistant (Nights)

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Senior Care Assistant (Nights)

Abbotsleigh Mews Care Home. Old Farm Road, EastSidcup,Kent,DA15 8AY Contract: Permanent Salary: £11.95 - £13.54 Per Hour  Shift Pattern: 8pm - 8am

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

As a Senior Care Assistant, we understand how crucial your role is to our home. Not only driving a team of Care Assistants that deliver high quality, personal care to our residents, but also inspiring, developing, and nurturing them to be their best every day. You’ll be motivated, positive and with great interpersonal skills, and you enjoy working in a close-knit team. You’re pivotal in running a unit, working with the Nurse to aid with clinical duties for the home. You’ll have completed / be working towards an NVQ3 in care. We’re more than happy to support you in the completion of your qualification if needed. You’ll have previous experience of the role and knowledge of its rewards and challenges. Just as importantly, you will also have a passion for making a real difference to people’s lives, giving them the kindness, personalised support and dignity they need.

We’ll train you on all aspects of our new digital care, which is transforming how we work, making things easier and letting you focus on clinical excellence and care for our residents. And as healthcare experts for over 75 years, we’re committed to continually training you in the social care developments you need to do your job, learning from some of the best people in the industry. It’s an exciting time to be with us.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

Day-to-day responsibility for running a unit

Supporting with clinical duties, including supporting the nurse to observe, issue medication, review care plans and accurate record keeping

Driving and managing a team of Care Assistants, including responsible for all shift handovers of the teams

Helping with training and supervision of new staff members so they feel welcomed and supported

Building relationships with residents, their families and external teams such as GPs and District Nurses

Assisting residents with a range of personal care duties

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7

Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets

Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes

We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site

Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site

Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health

Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK