Senior Healthcare Assistant

Retain Healthcare ,
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £9.50 per hour

Overview

We are looking for Senior Healthcare Assistants to build on our expanding and experienced team. You will be enthusiastic and passionate about delivering quality care and support. We are specifically looking for Senior Healthcare Assistants for shifts between 8am and 2pm, 2pm and 8pm or 8pm until 8am in and around Gloucester. As an expanding Healthcare Agency, we have a growing need for more Senior staff. As a Senior Healthcare Assistant you will be an integral part of residents lives and help to promote independence, dignity and positively for individuals in your care and to help to put a smile on their face. Retain Healthcare's Senior Healthcare Assistants will be responsible for leading, managing and supporting the care team ensuring they are providing high quality of care and service to all residents within the settings at all times. You will take an active part in engaging with residents to understand their lifestyle choices at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences. Working within the Care team you will show warmth, compassion and support to the residents and their families helping to promote independence and dignity and positively enhancing the lives of individuals within the setting. Requirements for the Role: Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care (or Level 2 and willing to work towards Level 3) Minimum 12 months full-time or equivalent leading a staff team/ shifts in a residential care setting with older people. At Retain Healthcare our Senior Healthcare Assistants are invaluable to us delivering excellent quality and effective service to the residential homes and learning disability establishments within Cheltenham, Stroud, Stonehouse and Gloucester, includes local surrounding areas. Reliability and effective communication with the office team is essential to maintain a good relationship and ensuring full support is given at all times from both parties. We have work available for Senior's wanting early, late and night shifts in a variety of settings on a full or part time basis in addition to this vacancy. What we can offer you The opportunity to work in a variety of care settings where no two days are the same, you will be supporting people within local care settings to enjoy a good quality of life and supporting good health and wellbeing. We rely on our Senior Healthcare Assistants to leave a good impression to form part of our ongoing reputation in the local area. We will continue to develop your skills through training to meet the needs and empower you to be the voice of Retain Healthcare. We also offer competitive lease deals on new cars The Four R's Our Ethos is the 4 R's; Retaining Quality, Retaining Independence, Retaining Staff and Retaining Skills so how do we do that? By demonstrating to you our commitment to offer a better solution. Retain Healthcare are a fresh innovative provider, with recruitment experts who follow safer recruitment guidelines and an inhouse training team who have the knowledge and background to offer you the most up to date and comprehensive training in both social and clinical care skills - Leading you into a career you can be proud of and rewarded for. We offer a flexible approach to working and have a true understanding of the work life balance. We offer a new vehicle care lease scheme, a company pension scheme, annual leave accrual, night and weekend pay enhancements and first uniform for free. In addition, we reward training and loyalty by offering increased pay for NVQ and diploma qualifications, local training and your own, personalised career development pathway. We have Guaranteed hours available and when you love what you do and we've shown you the retain way, recommend us to a friend for a bonus of upto £300 Other locations available include Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Worcester, Tewkesbury, Dursley, Cirencester and all local surrounding areas. INDCHEL