About the Role
Be the difference in your service users’ lives!
As a Senior Care Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the nursing team by helping to implement care plans and ensuring high standards of care for all service users. While the nursing team leads the development of Care Plans in line with best practice (e.g. NICE guidelines) for service users requiring nursing care, you’ll be responsible for ensuring these plans are effectively implemented. You will work closely with the ward manager, nursing team and other healthcare professionals to ensure a smooth running of the service.
You’ll be actively involved in coordinating daily shift activities, supervising junior colleagues, and ensuring that all assigned tasks are completed efficiently and to a high standard. Additionally, you’ll take the lead in creating and maintaining care plans for service users who do not require nursing input.
Skills & requirements
The successful candidate will have a good standard of education, with an NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent experience and be able to demonstrate good interpersonal skills.
You will have previous experience of working with dementia patients and as a care assistant in a similar environment.
You must also have an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding of patients and human rights.
Details
Location
Schoen Clinic York
Contract Type
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary
£25,500 - £26,500 per annum depending on experience
Benefits
You will have access to a wide range of benefits which include (but not limited to):
25 days holiday + bank holidays, which increases with the length of service
Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
Paid emergency leave
Professional development opportunities so that you can build your career with us
Contributory pension scheme with Royal London
Private Medical Insurance with BUPA including access to a private GP service, free screening, and the inclusion of pre-existing conditions.
Dental Cover
Recognition schemes for employees
Eye care scheme with Specsavers
Online benefits portal with high street and online shopping discounts
Winter flu jabs
EAP assistance on a range of topics and concerns
About your future team
Our culture of world-class medical excellence is based on our five key values:
Accountable: Taking ownership of the things I say and do
Caring: Treating others as I would like to be treated
Collaborative: Working together to make a winning team
Courageous: Being proud to be different and challenge the norm
Determined: Seeing things through to meet and exceed expectations
Schoen Clinic York is a highly specialised Hospital for adults in the North of England. We are currently based on the ground floor of Minster Grange as an eating disorder hospital, and in September 2024 we expanded to cover the full building with other service lines including Dementia care and Discharge to Assess. We are situated just off Haxby Road which is 10 minutes’ drive from York Train Station and 4 miles from the A64.