Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

This job is for a Bank Care Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, located in Gateshead, and offers a casual, part-time role with flexible working hours. The main responsibilities include helping residents enjoy each day with the quality care and support they deserve, assisting with daily living, providing support and companionship, sharing great moments, and ensuring a fulfilling environment. The role involves varied work, from supporting residents with their food and drink to following care plans. The job offers flexibility, competitive pay, and free learning opportunities. Applicants need some experience with older people, a can-do approach, excellent communication skills, empathy, and compassion. The position provides cover as needed for annual leave or sick leave, meaning hours and days will vary. Training is provided to help employees thrive in their role within one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, focusing on the growth of everyone who works for them.

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, offering quality care and support to residents in their care homes. They focus on providing a fulfilling environment for both residents and employees. With a strong dedication to growth, Barchester ensures all staff members have opportunities for learning and development. They aim to deliver the highest standard of care, reflecting the quality you would expect for your loved ones. Barchester takes pride in maintaining flexibility and offers Bank positions that provide cover for annual and sick leave. Their mission is to ensure residents enjoy each day, with the care and support they deserve, backed by staff's dedication and compassion.

Qualifications