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Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare

Ludlow, SY8 1LS

Salary

£15.75

Contract

Bank

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

3 November 2026

60 days left

Job description

Pay rate advertised includes bank enhancement ABOUT THE ROLE This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Care Assistant at a...

This role as a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home involves helping residents enjoy each day by ensuring they receive top-quality care and support. The position offers flexible, casual, part-time work where you'll assist with daily living, providing both support and companionship. Every day presents new and rewarding work as a Bank Care Assistant. Responsibilities can include supporting residents with their food and drinks, following care plans, and ensuring each resident receives one-on-one time. This job provides an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career. To join, you'll need experience caring for older people, a positive approach, excellent communication skills, empathy, and a warm-hearted personality. Successful candidates will bring compassion, needed to provide high standards of care and support. Barchester Healthcare provides all the necessary training, and offers a competitive salary, flexibility, and learning opportunities.

Pay rate advertised includes bank enhancement

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 a leading provider of care and support services in the UK, renowned for quality and compassionate care. Offering a wide range of services, including residential, nursing, and dementia care, Barchester ensures that every resident receives individual attention, respect, and dignity. The organisation values its employees highly, recognizing the pivotal role they play in maintaining exceptional standards of care. Barchester Healthcare invests in staff development, offering various training opportunities to enhance skills and career progression. It is committed to creating a rewarding work environment where dedication and compassionate care flourish, making it a valuable setting for professionals in the healthcare sector seeking personal and professional growth. Employees can expect to work in a supportive atmosphere, receiving comprehensive training to excel in their roles, while making a significant difference in the lives of the residents they serve.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience in caring for older people, a can-do approach, excellent communication skills, empathy, and compassion.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

4 September 2026

Last checked

4 September 2026

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Barchester Healthcare

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