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Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare

Prestbury, SK10 4AP

Salary

£14.10

Contract

Bank

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

23 October 2026

53 days left

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents e...

As a Bank Care Assistant with Barchester Healthcare, you'll be working casual, part-time hours in a flexible role. You'll dedicate yourself to ensuring that residents receive the quality care and support they deserve, which includes assisting with daily activities, providing companionship, and creating meaningful moments and memories. This role is varied, with every day offering new, rewarding work. Tasks range from supporting residents with meals and drinks, following care plans, to providing one-on-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to significant use while also advancing your career with the support of full training. To succeed, you'll need experience caring for older people, coupled with a positive attitude, excellent communication skills, empathy, and compassion. In return, Barchester offers competitive pay, job flexibility, and numerous free learning and development opportunities.

ABOUT THE ROLEThis is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, committed to offering high-quality care services. Within a supportive and empowering work environment, they offer a range of development and growth opportunities for staff. Employment with Barchester allows you to bring dedication and compassion to a fulfilling professional setting where residents' well-being and quality of life are paramount. They focus on creating warm and joyful experiences for residents, using skilled and empathetic professionals to facilitate enjoyable daily living. Barchester Healthcare's commitment to excellence in care is matched by their dedication to employee growth, development, and satisfaction that come with being leaders in the healthcare field.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Some experience of caring for older people, excellent communication skills, empathy, and a warm-hearted approach.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

24 August 2026

Last checked

26 August 2026

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Barchester Healthcare

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