Bupa
Care Assistant
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Job Description: Care Assistant
Location: Richmond Village Northampton, Bridge Meadow Way, NN4 5EB
Salary: £13.10 per hr & Excellent Benefits
Contract: Permanent - Full Time
Shifts: 12hrs- 07.00 -19.00 & Weekends: On a rotating schedule
We Make Health Happen
Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most and our Richmond Villages provide luxury retirement living. Richmond Villages offer an aspirational lifestyle to our residents and our first-class accommodation requires a first-class service. We deliver person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
Responsibilities
- Assisting residents with a high standard of clinical, social, and emotional care.
- Recognizing and meeting the specific needs of residents.
- Answering emergency bells or calls from residents, to assess the situation, to deal with resident seeking help and summon the senior care staff whenever necessary.
- Assisting residents who need help with the activities of daily living; including meal preparation, washing, dressing, toileting, and personal hygiene as documented in their care plan.
- Helping residents with mobility problems, including transferring residents using appropriate equipment and other physical disabilities, help with use and care of aids and personal equipment.
- Supporting residents with a wide range of differing requirements from companionship to personal care.
- Being part of a team supporting the senior care assistant in monitoring our residents and reporting changes.
- Communicating with residents’ families, friends, and other healthcare professionals.
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Requirements
Because we care for vulnerable people, we’ll need you to complete a DBS check as part of the recruitment process. Bupa will cover the cost of this (£40).
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.
Benefits Include:
- My Healthcare: Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7.
- Annual Allowance: Which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
- Paid Breaks and a Free Meal: With every shift.
- Holidays: 20 days + Bank Holidays.
- Long Service: For every milestone at Bupa, we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays, and money!
- Interest-Free Annual Travel Loan: To enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
- Wagestream: Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
- Bupa Pension Plans: Find out more on our career site.
- Parental Leave: We have schemes for adoption, birth parents, and co-parents – Find out more on our career site.
- Menopause Plan: Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment, and take control of their health.
- Access to Discounts: At a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.
- Sick Pay Scheme: For our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
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Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Time Type: Full time
Job Area: Care Home – Care Assistants
Locations: Richmond Northampton Village
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