Senior Care Assistant

Senior Care Assistant

Wykebeck Court - 543 York Road, Harehills, Leeds, LS9 6NH

Salary: £12.90 - £14.51 per hour depending on experience

Permanent - day shifts - 8am - 8pm

As a Senior Care Assistant, we understand how crucial your role is to our home. Not only driving of Care Assistants that deliver high quality, personal care to our residents, but also inspiring, developing, and nurturing them to be their best every day.

• Day-to-day responsibility for running a unit
• Supporting with clinical duties, including supporting the nurse to observe, issue medication, review care plans and accurate record keeping
• Driving and managing a team of Care Assistants, including responsible for all shift handovers of the teams
• Helping with training and supervision of new staff members so they feel welcomed and supported
• Building relationships with residents, their families and external teams such as GPs and District Nurses
• Assisting residents with a range of personal care duties

You'll have completed / working towards an NVQ3 in care. We're more than happy to support you in the completion of your qualification if needed.

You're motivated, positive and with great interpersonal skills, and you enjoy working in a close-knit team. You're pivotal in running a unit, working with the Nurse to aid with clinical duties for the home.

You have previous experience of the role and knowledge of its rewards and challenges. Just as importantly, you also have a passion for making a real difference to people's lives, giving them the kindness, personalised support and dignity they need.