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Job Title: Domiciliary Care Assistant
Location: Richmond Village - St Joseph’s Way, London Road, CW5 6LZ
Salary range: £13.25 per hour
Contract: Bank - No Travel
Shift Patterns: Nights - 21:00 - 07:00 (Weekends On Rota)
About the Role
We make health happen at Bupa. Richmond Villages are our retirement village provider, delivering person-centred care, supporting independence, and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
As a Domiciliary Care Assistant, you’ll help residents to truly get the most out of life and in return, we’ll support you to get the most out of your career. We’re currently looking for Assistants at all levels to provide a mix of domiciliary, residential, nursing, and dementia care as required.
You can count on a thorough induction when you start to help you settle into your new role followed by ongoing training and development including access to apprenticeships. This also includes access to our online portal, which has a variety of resources to aid personal development and free access to LinkedIn's online learning platform.
Responsibilities
You’ll help us make health happen by:
- Assisting residents with personal care duties such as bathing, dressing, and continence care in their own homes within the Village.
- Providing the highest standards of care, championing the dignity and independence of all our residents.
- Supporting at mealtimes where appropriate; serving meals in their apartments or within the care home. This might involve supporting them to walk, transferring them in a wheelchair, or using a hoist.
- Helping to promote mental and physical activity of residents through hobbies, interests, or activities within the village.
- Answering emergency calls when the care alert system is activated.
- Working with the Domiciliary Care Manager and other external professionals such as GPs, Chiropodists, Occupational Therapists, and Physiotherapists where appropriate.
- Admin duties: keeping accurate records and maintaining full documentation at all times to show care given, activities, and any changes to their health.
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Key Skills / Qualifications
You have experience of working in a care or dementia setting or you may have a Level 3 in Health & Social Care (or equivalent), but above all, you’ll be passionate about caring for others, respecting people’s choices, and always putting their safety and welfare first. A great listener with a positive outlook, you’re confident talking to both residents and their families and understand that confidentiality is very important in what we do. Always ready to lead by example and support the wider team, you’ll deliver care with dignity and compassion and work to put a smile on our residents’ faces every day.
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.
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Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive the following benefits and more:
- Flexible working patterns to fit around you
- Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
- Free meal (minimum 8 hour shift)
- DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
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 Nantwich Village
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