Senior Care Assistant

Job Description - Senior Care Assistant (MAN00YC)

Job title: Senior Care Assistant

Job Number: MAN00YC

Location: Manley Court Bupa Care Home, Off John Williams Cl, Cold Blow Ln, London SE14 5RB

Contract: Permanent contract

Shift Pattern: Days - full time to include alternate weekends

We make health happen

Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

As a Senior Care Assistant, your role is crucial to our home. You will drive a team of Care Assistants to deliver high-quality personal care to our residents while inspiring, developing, and nurturing them to be their best every day. You'll be motivated, positive, and possess great interpersonal skills, enjoying working in a close-knit team. You're pivotal in running a unit, working with the Nurse to aid with clinical duties for the home.

You'll have completed or be working towards an NVQ3 in care. We're more than happy to support you in the completion of your qualification if needed. You'll have previous experience in the role and knowledge of its rewards and challenges. Just as importantly, you will also have a passion for making a real difference in people's lives, giving them the kindness, personalised support, and dignity they need.

We'll train you on all aspects of our new digital care, which is transforming how we work, making things easier and allowing you to focus on clinical excellence and care for our residents. As healthcare experts for over 75 years, we're committed to continually training you in the social care developments you need to do your job, learning from some of the best people in the industry. It's an exciting time to be with us.

You'll help us make health happen by:

1. Day-to-day responsibility for running a unit
2. Supporting with clinical duties, including assisting the nurse to observe, issue medication, review care plans, and accurate record keeping
3. Driving and managing a team of Care Assistants, including responsibility for all shift handovers of the teams
4. Helping with training and supervision of new staff members so they feel welcomed and supported
5. Building relationships with residents, their families, and external teams such as GPs and District Nurses
6. Assisting residents with a range of personal care duties

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.

Joining Bupa in this role, you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, and mental health support - all available via 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
• Free meal on every shift
• 28 days holiday
• 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 to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• We offer a range of 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

We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.