Care Assistant – Nights

Care Assistant – Nights Luton, East of England, England

Heritage Care
Full Time Luton, East of England, England 18534 - 20353 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Senior Care Assistant/Deputy Manager/Manager
Please note that this role may require occasional work at other homes across the Heritage group.

Key Responsibilities:

Care
  • Giving mental and physical stimulation to service users by
talking to them
  • Caring for service users who are temporarily unwell and
contacting Doctors or emergency ambulances as required
  • Helping and caring for service users who are dying
  • Assisting in the control of incontinence, providing comfort
with dignity
  • Assisting service users to bed when they wish to retire
  • Checking on all service users in the Home during the night at
least hourly and increasing checks if there are any concerns
  • Ensuring that service users are provided with food or
drink if requested at night
  • Responding to emergency bells, answering the door and
telephone
  • Making and changing beds, tidying rooms and light

cleaning including the empting and cleaning of commodes
(before going off duty)

  • Checking, mending and washing service users’ clothing
  • Administering medication if necessary and following the
correct procedures
  • Assisting service users to get up and assisting them with
washing and dressing -if and when they are ready to do so
  • Carrying out any other duties requested by supervisory staff
  • Maintaining confidentiality regarding all aspects of care in the

Homes

Administration
  • Familiarising yourself with all service users Care Plans
  • Reading and understanding the Risk Assessments provided in
the Care Plans
  • Recording any abnormalities or issues with new or existing
health conditions
  • Following approved hand-over procedures at the end of your

shift

Training & Personal Development
  • Participating in a full induction before starting work
  • Familiarising yourself and complying with our policies and
procedures
  • Attending training sessions when requested (Health and

Safety, Care Planning, Risk Assessment, Medication, SOVA,
Fire Safety etc.)

  • Participating in supervision sessions with the manager once a
month and appraisals once a year
  • Identifying your own training needs
  • Attending and contributing to monthly staff meetings
Health & Safety
  • Carrying out fire checks and health and safety checks
throughout the night shift
  • Ensuring that the security of the Home is maintained

throughout the night and contacting the emergency services
regarding any concerns

  • Reading and understanding the risk assessments provided in
the Care Plans
  • Following instructions in Manual Handling and Risk
Assessments
  • Applying Health and Safety regulations in areas such as food
hygiene, moving and handling, the handling and storage of
medication, cleaning and chemical storage, and fire safety
practices
Infection Control
  • To ensure that the home follows the proper infection control
procedures
  • To ensure that the service users bedrooms are free from dust

and any concerns are to be reported to the domestic team and
the Management

  • To ensure that the cleaning schedules are completed by
domestic staff and care assistants
  • To ensure that any clinical waste is disposed of in the
appropriate bins
Personal Specification
Essential
• Able to communicate with people from all backgrounds
  • An interest in caring for the elderly
  • Basic understanding of how rights, dignity, privacy, respect,
& choice are important when providing care
  • Able to work with initiative
  • Positive attitude towards teamwork
  • Adaptable to changes in workload
Desirable
• Previous experience of working in a care home
  • 5 A-C’s at GCSE Level (including Maths and English) or
equivalent
  • QCF Level 2 in Care or equivalent
  • Other relevant qualifications in Care

Care Assistant – Nights
Heritage Care

www.heritagecare.org
Hyattsville, United States
$1 to $5 million (USD)
201 to 500 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
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