Care Practitioner

Are you looking to work locally?

Are you caring, personable and trustworthy?

**About Us**:
The Oaks Care Home is highly regarded in the local area, and has a Good CQC rating, the home provides care for up to 61 older people.

The home is supported by a friendly and committed team, fully trained in providing care for older people who require residential care, nursing care or who are living with dementia and other complex conditions.

We are seeking a Care Practitioner to join our friendly team, at The Oaks Care Home, in Lexden.

**What does the job role involve?**
- To only undertake delegated duties, which are within, assessed competencies for the Care Practitioner Framework
- To undertake clinical tasks such as physical observations, urinalysis, skin inspection, aseptic technique including simple wound dressings, blood glucose monitoring, gastrostomy care and administration of gastrostomy tube feeding
- Oversee nutrition and hydration management
- Undertaking designated aspects of medicine management in line with legal and company policy
- Assisting nurses with planning and delivering end of life care, alleviating pain through both pharmacological and non pharmacological means
- Ensuring safe medication orders, receipts, recording, storing and disposing of medication in line with legal and company policy
- To provide support to the Team Leader as required.
- To support the Team Leader in preparing and implementing procedures as directed.
- To provide the agreed level of support to residents as defined in their care plan.
- To supervise a group of care assistants as agreed with the Team Leader.
- To act as mentor to new care assistants as delegated by the Team Leader.
- To assist in the planning and monitoring of resident care.
- To assist in the implementation of residents planned care.
- All other duties involved in this role.
- Must have a NVQ3 or be actively working towards this qualification
- Ideally experience as a Care Practitioner would be an advantage
- Must be passionate and willingness to learn as training will be provided
- Able to work well as part of a team and independently
- Able to follow and prioritise tasks and responsibilities set
- To have the values of making a positive impact

**What we can offer**:

- Opportunity to work in a truly committed team
- Full time contract available
- 36 hours per week
- Pay rate: £11.12 per hour
- Full 1 hour paid breaks
- Day shifts on offer
- Working hours: 8am - 8pm, including working every other weekend
- 28 Days Annual Leave including bank holidays (pro rata for part time contracts)
- Yearly salary review
- Company pension and Life Insurance
- Free DBS (T&C's apply)
- Free or discounted meals
- Free parking
- Paid uniform
- On-going support with development, leadership training on offer
- Refer a friend scheme, with up to £500 - £750 reward for each referral (T & C’s apply)

If you are committed to delivering first rate care to elderly people, whilst maintaining their dignity, independence and individuality, we’d love to hear from you.

**Why join us?**

Our employees play a important role in our care homes and our values are based on ‘We Care About Care’. We are looking for individuals who have the same values and are able to help us make a real difference to the residents in our homes.

If you too believe that this is the most important part of everyone’s role in a care home and are looking for a rewarding job then we’d love to hear from you.

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

**Salary**: £11.12 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- care practitioner: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location