Senior Health Care Assistant - Sunderland, United Kingdom - Exemplar Health Care Services Limited

Exemplar Health Care Services Limited

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Sunderland, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Position:
Senior Health Care Assistant

Care home:
Hylton Grange

Location: 1 Poole Road, Sunderland, SR4 0HG

Contract type:
Full time hours

12 hour shifts working every other weekend

Rate:
Up to £12.00 per hour depending on qualifications

If you're an experienced Health Care Assistant looking to take your next career step, we have the role for you.

Our Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with our Nurse in Charge to lead a small Care Team in delivering high-quality care for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Senior Health Care Assistant at Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland.

About Exemplar Health Care:

Hylton Grange is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

Hylton Grange supports 30 adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease across three units.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role:

Our Senior Health Care Assistants work closely with the Nurse in Charge and lead our Care Teams in supporting every aspect of our residents' day-to-day lives.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

supporting people with their personal care

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assisting people at meal times
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understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
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encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
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promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
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leading, motivating and supporting a team of care colleagues
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ensuring that care documentation is completed to a high standard.

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers.

There are usually up to six colleagues on each unit that supports around ten people, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

Download our job description to read more:

About you:

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You're also:
- caring, kind, understanding and calm
- able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
- energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
- a great listener and communicator, able to build trust and rapport with people
- comfortable working on your own initiative - but you know when to escalate
- a motivating team leader.

What we offer:

We offer great rewards and perks including:

regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects

- access to wages before payday with FastP.A.Y.E
- retail and lifestyle discounts
- free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support
Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply:

Sound good? We'd love to hear from you. Click the button to 'APPLY NOW'.

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We're unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.