Night Care Assistant

3 months ago


Retford, United Kingdom Westvilla Nursing Home Full time

Westfield Care

**Care Assistant**

Responsible to: Home Manager

Purpose of Position:
To share with other staff in meeting the personal care needs of service users in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence and to help in the general day
- to-day activities of the home. Care provided by care assistants is expected to include care that would reasonably be given by members of the service user’s own family and is not expected to include tasks that would normally be expected to be undertaken by a trained nurse.

Principal Responsibilities

1. To assist service users who need help with getting up in the morning, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and using the toilet.

2. To ensure that the privacy and dignity of service users is maintained at all times.
3. To help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including incontinence; help in use and care of aids and personal equipment (e.g. glasses, hearing aids, false teeth etc).

4. To care for service users who are temporarily sick and needing, for example, minor dressings, bed nursing, help with feeding etc.

5. To help care for service users who are dying.
6. To help in the promotion of mental and physical activity of service users through interaction with them.

7. To make and change beds, tidy rooms, do light cleaning and empty commodes.
8. To encourage service users to remain as independent as possible.
9. To set tables and trays, serve meals, help service users who need assistance eating, prepare light meals and wash up, tidy and clean the dining room.

10. To answer emergency bells or calls from service users, the door and the telephone, greet visitors.

11. To read and type reports (on our Care Docs system), take part in staff and service users’ meetings and in training activities as directed.

12. To perform such other duties as may reasonably be required.
13. To comply with the home’s guidelines and policies at all times.
14. To report to a nurse or to the home manager any significant changes in the health or circumstances of a service user.

Person Specification - Essential Criteria

1. Self motivated
2. Organised
3. Flexible
4. Caring
5. Sensitive to the needs of others, the sick and infirm.
6. An active team player but also able to work on own initiative.
7. A good communicator

Westfield Care

All staff is required to:
1. Respect the confidentiality of all matters that they might learn in the course of their employment.

2. Respect the requirements under the Data Protection Act 1998.
3. Ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act

1974.

Hours of Work: full-time or part-time.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £10.42-£10.62 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- Night shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Shift availability:

- Night shift (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 190522


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