Healthcare Assistant, Bromley

Job Vacancy: Health Care Assistant
Location: Bromley Park Care Centre, 75 Bromley Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 5PA
Contracted hours: Mixed Days & Nights – 44 hours per week (4 shifts per week over a 7 day rota including every other weekend)
Hourly rate of pay: £13.00 per hour

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We are currently on the lookout for a positive and motivated individual to join our growing team as a Health Care Assistant. This important job role requires someone who is deeply passionate about caring for the elderly. They also need to have a genuine drive to manage a Care Team responsible for those using our services, including our residents, their families and visitors. If this sounds like you, then please read on…

Why choose us?

As a Health Care Assistant, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Bromley Park Care Home.

Bromley Park Care Home is part of Nellsar, a family-owned company with 35 years of exceptional person-centred care experience, comprising of 13 nursing and residential care homes covering Kent, Essex and Surrey.

The perfect role for you
Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents' face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people's personal choice, dignity and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

You will have the opportunity to excel whilst:

• Providing physical and mental stimulation for residents by taking part in social and recreational activities, on a one-to-one and group basis
• Assisting residents with personal care activities such as washing, personal hygiene and dressing
• Assisting with mealtimes
• Ensuring residents' independence, dignity and respect, by delivering the very best person-centred care
• Helping to maintain accurate records
• Undertaking regular ongoing training
• Developing relationships with our residents and their relatives in order to gain a better understanding of how to provide the best possible care

For more information on the role and to see the job description, please view here

You will bring to the team:

• Dedication and commitment to making a difference to others' lives
• Experience of working with people, in particular those that may have additional support needs e.g. people living with dementia
• An empathetic nature and a strong ability to communicate effectively
• Leadership and organisational skills (if applicable)
• Good IT skills (Outlook, Word) and ability to use authorised handheld devices (smartphones) to record your activity/care events (as applicable)
• Excellent team-work ability

What we offer in return to your dedication:

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• Workplace pension
• ‘Refer a Friend' payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact Bromley Park Care Home on: 0208 6505504.
More information about Bromley Care Home

It's our mission at Nellsar to ensure that people live life to the full. We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.

You will be an important member of the Bromley Park Care Home family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people's quality of life.

Thank you for considering the possibility to join the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!