Care Assistant

Hatherleigh Nursing Home ,
Okehampton, Devon
Job Type: Full-time

Overview

Hatherleigh Nursing Home We are looking for Care Assistants to join our team at Hatherleigh Nursing Home, Hawthorn Park, Nr. Okehampton, Devon EX20 3GZ Just a few miles from Dartmoor National Park, Hatherleigh Nursing Home is a stunning purpose-built nursing and care home which provides both top-quality care and luxury apartments for independent living. The home has recently been refurbished and purposefully redesigned throughout in order to provide an excellent level of person-centred care for people needing residential and nursing care. We are now looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are emotionally intelligent, passionate about care and making a difference in other people’s lives. Benefits: Just some of the benefits of working at Hatherleigh Nursing Home include: Excellent Hourly Rate Paid breaks Complimentary meals Bank Holiday Enhancement Free DBS Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme - £50 each Full-time, Part-time and Bank hours offered Automatic enrolment on to our pension scheme A fully funded CPD accredited training programme like no other provided for all team members. us awards in Care, and who are one of the UK’s fastest growing Healthcare Providers Training & Development: Back in 2015, we received clear feedback from our team that eLearning alone did not equip them with the skills to support the people that choose to live with us; eLearning did not equip them for the emotional challenges that they would face on a daily basis. So, we began to develop our own inhouse learning and development programme. That programme, now in its’ fourth year, has seen the well being of both family members and team members increase exponentially. This training is for all grades, all departments, all age groups and all genders. Please click here and visit CONNECTIONS COUNT to read more about our training and our model of care. We also use The Skills for Care training targets to ensure that our Care Assistants fulfil the aims of Hatherleigh Nursing Home and meet the changing needs of the people living within their home. No other provider invests this level of time and cost into their teams. We recognise that training not only improves the care home but improves the quality of life for those you care for by providing for them in the safest, most appropriate way. Furthermore, individual team members benefit by improving their own skills which hopefully will stay with them forever. Experience: Care experience is not required as full training will be provided To have a genuine passion to care for people Be able to communicate at all levels Be a team player Willing to participate in Vocational Training Programmes