Care Assistant

• Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire
• Position: Care Assistant
• Care Categories: General and Mental health care (Nursing home)
• Pay: Up to £10.23 per hour £ 25534.08 per annum based on 48 hours
• Hours: Full time hours or Part time hours depending on preference 7:00am - 2:00pm / 2:00pm - 10:00pm (It will be a mixture of these shifts across the week and will include working alternate weekends)
• Flexible Shifts: Day shifts /Night shifts or Mixed are available depending on your preference
• Contract type: Permanent

We are currently the second largest not-for-profit provider in the UK. Not-for-profit means that we reinvest every penny we make into our residents, colleagues, and the care homes we live and work in. Therefore, we offer a great range of benefits, including a competitive salary, training, and development. Right now, we are looking for a Care assistant to develop their career at our home located in Bicester, Oxfordshire.

Having experience in a healthcare background is desirable but not essential as full training is provided. An essential requirement is a passion for care and making a difference to people's lives.

Our care home offers residential, nursing and dementia care.

A typical day will involve:

• Assisting residents with personal care duties such as bathing, dressing, toileting and incontinence care. Providing the highest standards of care, you'll champion the dignity, and independence of all our residents
• Supporting at meal times: serving meals and transferring residents to the dining room. This might involve supporting them to walk, transferring them in a wheelchair or using a hoist
• Repositioning residents to ensure they are comfortable and supported
• Admin duties: updating food, fluid and stool charts, supplementary files, daily notes and care plans
• Assisting with medications as required

Its important that you are rewarded for your hard work so we will offer:

Comprehensive induction, on-going training and development

28 days holiday (Pro rata) (including Bank Holidays)

Higher rates of pay at weekends

A workplace pension

Free uniform

Free DBS

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme

"My Rewards" programme, offering you discounts on shopping, days out, restaurants and much more

How to Apply if you are Interested in taking that first step to a new and exciting job as a care assistant:

Great you are almost there in taking the first step to a brand new job role, all you need to do is simply click apply or contact me directly my name is Danielle Barrett (Healthcare team manager) and my number is Applyor send a copy of your CV to Apply you can also text me on Applyits free.

My purpose is to take the stress out of finding a job role, I support all nurses through the entire recruitment process from interviews, negotiating offers, on-boarding and beyond.

Take that first step and contact me, let's have a conversation. All conversations are treated in the strictest confidence.

*Please note a covid vaccine is mandatory*

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