Care Assistant

**Job Reference**:
19

**Contract Type**:
Permanent

**Home**:
Woodstown House

**Location**:
Banstead

**Salary**:
£8.91 - £10.25

**Closing Date**:
11pm - 04.04.22

**Job Title - Care Assistant - No experience required**

**Salary -**

**Level 1 (less than 12 months experience) £8.91 - £9.41 (higher rate for weekends)**

**Level 2 (more than 12 months experience) £9.75 - £10.25 (higher rate for weekends)**

**Location - Woodstown House, Park Rd, Banstead SM7 3EF**

**Hours**:24, 36, 42 & 48 Hours Per Week Available - (Must be flexible to work days/nights and weekends)**
- Do you have a passion for providing first class care to meet the needs of our residents?_
- Would you like to work with fewer patients giving you far more focussed and hands on care?_
- Have you had your Covid19 vaccination/s already or be willing to receive the vaccines if you were successful?_
- Would you enjoy working in a role where you can progress on our career pathway?_
- Do you have a burning desire to learn about complex neurological conditions, and having exposure to residents with Tracheostomies and those who require ventilator support?_

**Who are we?**

The Fairlie Healthcare Group is a leading provider of high-quality care which was established in 1999. We specialise in caring for adults with neurological conditions, as well as patients with tracheostomies, and who require ventilator support.

We currently have three homes, Fairlie House which is in West Norwood, Highfield House which is located in Purley and finally, Woodstown House in Banstead, which opened its doors to its first residents in April 2021

We have big plans, due to the expansion of our organisation, and with this in mind, it’s a fantastic time to join our friendly team where you can really make a difference to the lives of others.

Training and development are at the core of our organisation, so you can rest assured you’ll receive all the support you need to increase your abilities and succeed in your role.

Once you join our hard-working team, you’ll discover an open, welcoming environment where staff and residents are empowered to achieve their best every day.

Here at The Fairlie Healthcare Group, we are driven to provide the very best standards of care to those we support, and to achieve this, we need empathetic individuals who are passionate about helping others.

**What will I be doing?**

As a Care Assistant, you will provide high-quality care to residents at our home in Banstead

You’ll learn how to provide trachea and ventilator care and help staff to deliver a range of care services, including social activities.

Please see the main responsibilities of the role below:
**Main Responsibilities**
- Ensuring the personal care needs of our Residents are met, and that assigned duties are executed in a professional and caring manner, giving due regard to the Home’s core values and values framework and the Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Health and Social Care Workers.
- Ensuring documentation is completed in a timely fashion, including personal care charts for Residents that reflect the care delivered, using our EPOC system, and to escalate concerns regarding a Resident’s health and wellbeing to the nurse in charge at the earliest possible opportunity.
- Completing other assigned tasks not directly related to care as, from time to time instructed to do so by the nurse in charge of the shift.
- Working co-operatively with colleagues in the pursuit of the responsibilities of the post, with due regard to our diversity and inclusion framework and policies.
- Carrying out the reasonable instructions of the nurse in charge, team leader or management staff to ensure optimal use of resources within the Home to ensure high quality care can be delivered at all times.
- Attending rostered shifts as defined in the off-duty and to follow all HR policies and procedures in the event of being unable to attend for a rostered shift; understanding that such absence risks service levels and has the potential to compromise standards of care.
- Ensuring that concepts learnt during mandatory training sessions, (health and safety, infection prevention and control, core values, and fire safety - this is not an exhaustive list) are upheld and demonstrated in practice during your working shift.
- To act at all times to uphold the CQC domains ensuring care delivered is safe, caring, effective and responsive.
- To use the clinical governance framework and adverse event reporting procedures to report any events that occur as per the Home’s policies and procedures.

**What do I need to succeed in this role?**

**Essential**
- A passion for caring for others
- Excellent verbal communication & listening skills
- A positive attitude
- The ability to work well as part of a team

**Desirable**
- NVQ Level 2 or Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification, however, this isn’t essential as we provide all the training and development you could ask for

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