Care Assistant

Monarch Healthcare are recruiting for Care Assistants to join our team at Poplars Nursing Home. Poplars is a beautifully presented home, traditionally built and upgraded to provide high quality living for people in older age with mixed frailties. The home can provide for up to 60 residents in a range of ‘houses’ to suit each person’s requirements.

You would be required to work on a rota basis, including some weekends and bank holidays. The rate of pay is in line with National Minimum Wage, with increments for NVQ Level 2/3.

Required:

• Ability to communicate at all levels
• Genuine interest in working within a caring environment
• To be caring, friendly and a team player
• Satisfactory DBS checks and references

Main Duties: This is not an exhaustive list.

• Ensure the highest possible levels of care are maintained by supporting/assisting Clients as required, with washing, toileting, dressing, mealtimes, and all other aspects of daily living.
• Support Clients who have limited mobility or physical / learning difficulties, making the best use of aids provided.
• Observe care planning needs for Clients and complete written daily records as instructed and in line with the Company’s policies and procedures.
• Answer Nurse call system, giving assistance as required
• Carry out regular checks on Clients at intervals determined by senior Staff Members.
• Clean and maintain equipment used by Clients / Relatives e.g. wheelchairs, hearing aids, spectacles etc.
• Ensure the Care Centre is kept clean and tidy, in line with the Company’s attention to detail philosophy.
• Practice maximum integrity in all dealings with Clients’ personal and financial affairs and avoid abuse of the privileged relationship that exists with Clients.

Why work for us?

• Yearly awards and recognition ceremony
• Free meal on shift (shift time over 7.5 hours, from a set menu)
• Refer a friend Bonus scheme
• In-house training
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Access to on-site parking