Market Lavington Care Home, Devizes

At Market Lavington we offer residential, nursing and dementia care for older people and younger adults looking for short breaks or longer term care. With 79 beds, our friendly care home offers fantastic facilities for residents, including a hair salon, library service, a garden and outdoor area.

• We offer the following types of care:
• Residential care
• Residential dementia care
• Nursing care
• Care for older people
• Nursing dementia care
• Care for older people
• Care for younger people

Home features

• 9.8 carehome review score
• Rated ‘Good’ by CQC
• Modernised living and dining space following significant investment and refurbishment in 2022
• Secure garden with raised planters
• Hair salon

Careers at Market Lavington

Nurses

Our Nurses deliver professional nursing care to our residents, many of whom have complex care needs. As an integral part of the clinical and care team at Marketing Lavington in Devizes (Wiltshire), Nurses work with the Home Management and Leadership team, with the support of Nursing Assistants, who are specially trained to support Nurses in the delivery of excellent care.

At HC-One, our vision is providing the kindest possible care for our residents. Do you share that vision? In your job as a Registered Nurse at HC-One, you’ll be a leader in care planning, ensuring residents receive personalised support that addresses their health and social care needs.Your valuable insight, knowledge, skills and experience with local health and social care services makes you a vital pillar of support for residents and their families. Our Registered Nurses navigate complex systems with compassion, making referrals and connecting them with the right support. This includes building strong relationships with healthcare professionals to ensure every resident receives the best possible care, delivered with kindness every step of the way.

A rewarding career built on values - HC-One's reputation for exceptional care is rooted in our core value: kindness. As highly valued members of our team, our Nurses experience a supportive environment where you can learn, grow, and make a real difference in residents' lives.

Home Manager

Home Managers at Market Lavington Care Home in Devizes are selected for their experience and values. Being able to ensure we are delivering the kindest possible care is the heart of everything we do.

From the leadership of clinical care, to the wellbeing and lifestyle of residents, Home Managers are responsible for the overall outcomes of Market Lavington. Our Home Manager is supported by the Deputy Home Manager, who supports with leading the kind care team at Market Lavington.

Nursing Assistant

Market Lavington is proud to have its own team of highly skilled and qualified Nursing Assistants. In response to the demand for nurses in the UK, we have developed a unique training program, allowing the right candidates to attend rigorous training, so that they can support the nursing teams, always under the guidance of our registered Nurses and Clinical Lead.

Clinical Lead

Clinical Leads at Market Lavington are experienced in leading nursing and care teams, making them a vital support to Home Managers at an organisational and care delivery level.

Care Assistants

Care Assistants deliver the kindest possible personal care to residents at Market Lavington. Residents need general care and some have complex needs and memory concerns. Care Assistants are comprehensively trained to be both a friendly companion for residents while delivering vital daily care.

Employee benefits

We appreciate the difference our colleagues make to our residents’ lives every single day, so it is important that our team feels valued and appreciated.

At HC-One, we provide a reward and benefits package that not only recognises the kind care you deliver to our residents, but also has your wellbeing at heart. In addition, you will have access to additional rewards and benefits as you progress your career with us.

Career development

The caring team at Market Lavington has cultivated a family atmosphere, encouraging communal celebrations and creating an environment where residents and colleagues can be themselves.

We are dedicated to making sure you enjoy your work and have opportunities to develop your career. We do this by supporting you to achieve additional qualifications, helping you feel empowered to progress with HC-One.Jasmine, Deputy Home Manager, started out as a Care Assistant at Market Lavington. She has since been supported by HC-One to complete NVQs up to Level 5 and is now undertaking the Aspiring Home Managers programme.

"But, I’m very happy I did and it really shows you that when you put your mind to something, you believe in yourself and the company believes in you - what you can achieve. I’m really happy with where I am at the moment. There is nothing more rewarding than care."

Jasmine - Deputy Home Manager, Market Lavington

Care Assistants are supported to undertake NVQ qualifications, or embarking on Nursing Assistant training, allowing them to progress into more senior roles.

Nurses can progress their career significantly within the HC-One family and can take on management or leadership roles, depending on their choice and experience.

"Career progression for nurses at HC-One is quite exciting. We can have a nurse who chooses to be a nurse, but then we also will have colleagues that want to go into management. They want to go into improving the clinical quality that we deliver. That pathway, whatever that progression, is there for those nurses to take."

Tracey - Nurse at HC-One

“We’ve got a great team that we work with, and everyone just mucks in and helps each other. I love my job. I think you have to, to do the job that we do. But to be in it for 16 years, I’ve got passion for it - the residents are great. I would recommend working for HC-One. I think this is one of the happiest places I’ve worked in 16 years.”

Lisa

Senior care assistant, Market Lavington

“If I was to speak about care, the care industry or recommend the care industry, or even mention working here at Market Lavington, I think the first thing that I would mention…is actually the appreciation that you get from doing this job.”

Jasmine

Deputy home manager, Market Lavington

Culture and values

As Market Lavington care home, we are determined that our current and future colleagues can come to work and be their true self. We want a workforce that represents the communities we serve, throughout the UK. To do this we actively invite applicants from all backgrounds into the HC-One family.

Practical information

Market Lavington care home is situated around 13 minutes drive from Devizes. The home itself is nestled in the large parish village of Market Lavington, close to the centre of the village but surrounded by green fields and trees.

Market Lavington itself was once the site of a roman settlement, a Saxon settlement and was also mentioned in the Doomesday Book. It is now home to the parish church of St Mary, a 14th century piscina, a grade I, 14th century manor house, a community hall, and a museum, a primary and a secondary school. Almost everything in Market Lavington is within 10 minutes walk from each other.

The village is serviced by train stations Pewsey and Westbury, with Westbury and the A350 being about 20 minutes drive away from the home.

There is free parking on site of Market Lavington care home.