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Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare

Hopton On Sea, NR31 9AHView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£13.77

Contract

Bank

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

7 November 2026

33 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...

This part-time role offers flexibility, allowing you to work as a Bank Care Assistant at Barchester care home. You will support residents in daily living, ensuring they receive high-quality care and companionship. Your tasks will vary, from assisting with meals to ensuring individual one-on-one time. The position requires dedication, compassion, and some experience with elderly care. Excellent communication skills, empathy, and a warm approach are essential. Barchester provides all the training necessary, competitive pay, and opportunities for personal growth, highlighting its commitment to staff development. This Bank role provides coverage as needed, including during holidays or sick leave, meaning varied work hours and days.

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 in the UK, known for its commitment to quality and staff development. They offer a supportive and fulfilling environment for both residents and employees. As an organisation, Barchester Healthcare values the importance of personal growth and provides numerous learning and development opportunities for its staff members. They offer competitive pay and flexible working conditions, ensuring that employees have a positive work-life balance. Barchester is dedicated to providing the highest standard of care, ensuring that their residents receive compassionate and individualized attention. The organizations mission is to offer the kind of care and support that they would want for their own loved ones.

Qualifications

Essential: - Some experience of caring for older people, excellent communication skills, empathy, warm-hearted approach, and compassion.

How to apply

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Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

8 September 2026

Last checked

10 September 2026

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Barchester Healthcare

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