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Position: Health Care Assistant
Care home: Eastlands
Location: Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR
Contract type: 8am to 2pm and 2pm to 8pm mixed shifts
Rate: £13.21 per hour (£13.31 per hour on completion of Exemplar Care Certificate)
Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.
As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.
This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you’ll be making a real difference each and every day.
About Exemplar Health Care
Eastlands is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.
We support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. The home's Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male.
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 Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them.
No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
* encouraging and engaging people in learning and developing their daily living skills and independence
* recognising when people are unwell and providing the appropriate support
* supporting people with their personal care such as getting washed, having a shower and getting dressed
* assisting people at meal times
* supporting people with their health and wellbeing needs
* encouraging people to take part in social activities, both inside and outside the home
* promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect at all times
* filling in care records.
About you
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
You’re also:
* experienced in a similar care environment, with people with complex needs
* 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.
You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.
We’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.
What we offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:
* regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
* access to wages before payday
* retail and lifestyle discounts
* free DBS check
* 24/7 counselling and support
* Blue Light Card eligibility.
How to apply
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Salary description
£13.21 - £13.21 per hour