Health Care Assistant London, England
Job description
New Rate of Pay: £11.38 per hour from October 2022
Hammerson House, Wohl Campus is a modern 116 bedded home near East Finchley Tube station, with residential, nursing, dementia, respite, and palliative care services.
The home offers a warm and comfortable environment, with personalised care that centralises the needs of the residents, with on-site therapists, dieticians, and a wealth of activities for residents to enjoy.
Hammerson House has been rated as Good this year by CQC.
About Nightingale Hammerson
Nightingale Hammerson is an independent charity and a leading specialist in the care of older people. We have served the Jewish community since 1840. We have two care homes, Nightingale House in Clapham and Hammerson House in East Finchley.
What will your typical day involve?
- Assisting with personal care (washing, dressing and grooming)
- Supporting with eating and drinking
- Building good and trusting relationships with residents and always being open and responsive to their questions and needs
- Creating a positive mealtime environment, whilst observing changes in nutritional status
- Acting as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity
- Supporting and encouraging residents to participate in meaningful engagement
- Reporting any concerns to the Household Lead
Who are we looking for?
We ask our team members to take pride in their work, ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard, whilst maintaining an organised environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, team members need to be comfortable with multitasking and able to work on their own initiative, unsupervised. Where necessary, the role will require working with other teams to ensure our residents are happy in their home.
It is important that our team members can offer a cheerful, compassionate, respectful and caring approach and have good communication and interpersonal skills. Finally, we ask for a good understanding of the needs of older people and the desire to make a positive contribution to the lives of others.
Although welcome, no previous experience is required as full training is provided.
However, the following is essential:
- A compassionate, respectful, and caring approach
- A good understanding of the needs of older people
- Awareness of and respect for Jewish values and traditions (we offer training to introduce Jewish culture and traditions, as the majority of our team is not Jewish)
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build professional relationships and work well within a team
- Basic IT skills and the ability to use a computer
- Be able to work alone under pressure whilst managing and prioritising tasks
- A flexible attitude towards tasks and hours
- A professional presentation and positive attitude, with a customer-orientated and friendly outlook.
What else do we offer?
- A friendly, supportive, team working environment
- Highly competitive rates of pay
- Free pick up and drop service to East Finchley tube station
- Training & development opportunities
- 25 days (plus bank holidays) annual leave, increasing over time
- A DBS (at no cost to yourself)
- A free uniform
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
For more information on our benefits, please click here.
Hours
- Full-Time: 37.5 hours a week on a rota
- Part-Time and Casual hours are also available.
Apply Now
If you meet the above requirements, we would love to hear from you!
It is very important to us that, as well as meeting the job description, you can bring a wealth of experience and qualities that make you ideal for working with the elderly on a daily basis.
In addition to applying for a role with Nightingale Hammerson, why not drop us a line and get to know more about us - you could be just a phone call away from an exciting new career.
Safeguarding
Our positions are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosures which will be completed upon successful application. All applications will be dealt with on an individual basis in accordance with our policy and organisational requirements.
Sponsorship
The UK Government has added the role of Health Care Assistant to the Skills Shortage List for a temporary period. Sadly, we have a waiting list for this, so we are not able to offer any sponsorship for Health Care Assistants at this time.
Diversity
We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and residents we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
