Care Home Assistant Practitioner (CHAP) Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
- Four Seasons Health Care
- Lanarkshire
- Care
- Whitefield Lodge, Glasgow
- Days and Nights
- Full time
- £13
We are recruiting for permanent CHAPs to work alongside our Registered Nurses, ensuring optimum levels of person centred care is delivered consistently to all residents. You will be supporting the Home Manager to deliver service levels within set budgets and providing continued support to other colleagues enabling them to contribute fully to the care team overall.
As a Care Home Assistant Practitioner you will be:
- Assisting the registered Nurse and consistently monitoring the standard of care being delivered to all residents
- Assisting the registered Nurse in ensuring that all residents receive quality medical and personal care
- Responsible for monitoring the wellbeing of each resident, being aware of any changes which impact on care and care plans
- Supporting the Home Manager in the implementation of all policies, procedures and business objectives along with preparing staff duty rota’s
- Identify training needs of the team and support with the implementation of the home’s training programme
- Conducting staff supervisions and appraisals ensuring they meeting external regulator guidelines
- Acting as a focal point for contact with residents, their relatives and visitors, as well as health and social care professionals
To succeed you will be:
- Passionate about providing quality care in our homes
- Experienced in a relevant care role and able to evidence full competence
- Qualified in, or working towards, a level three health and social care qualification
- Committed to ongoing professional development
- Up to date with all personal essential learning
- Whitefield Lodge, Glasgow
You’ll find Whitefield Lodge Care Home surrounded by beautiful countryside in Lennoxtown, at the foot of Campsie Hills. The home is close to local shops with good transport links.
The home provides nursing care for people who have complex medical needs, as well as 24-hour nursing dementia care provided by specialist teams trained in the complexities of looking after those living with dementia, who may also have other long-term medical conditions. They also provide respite care.
MD3
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £13.00 per hour
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Night shift
Work Location: One location
