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Lead with compassion. Inspire your team. Make a difference every day.
At Opus Care Limited, we believe exceptional care starts with compassion, dedication and a genuine desire to improve people’s lives.
As a Senior Care Assistant, you’ll be at the heart of our care team, helping to create a safe, welcoming and nurturing environment where residents feel valued, respected and supported to live well.
This is more than just a care role. It’s an opportunity to build meaningful relationships, support your colleagues, champion dignity and make a positive difference to residents every single day.
Reporting to the Registered Nurse (RGN) and Clinical Care Co-ordinator, you’ll take on an important leadership role within the home, helping to ensure consistently high standards of relationship-centred, clinical and dementia care.
Why join Opus Care?
We know that great care starts with great people.
At Opus Care, we value the contribution our care teams make every day. We’re committed to creating a supportive environment where talented and compassionate people can develop their skills, grow in confidence and build a rewarding career in care.
You’ll be joining a team that values:
- Compassion and kindness.
- Dignity and respect.
- Teamwork and collaboration.
- High standards of care.
- Continuous learning and development.
- Meaningful relationships with residents and their families.
Your role: Lead with care and compassion
As a Senior Care Assistant, you’ll be a positive role model for your colleagues and help create a team culture where excellent care is at the centre of everything we do.
You will:
- Support, guide and motivate the care team throughout your shift.
- Help ensure the smooth and consistent delivery of care.
- Lead by example, demonstrating excellent standards of professionalism and compassion.
- Help create an environment where residents feel safe, comfortable, listened to and understood.
Deliver outstanding resident care
Every resident is an individual, and you’ll help ensure their care reflects who they are, what matters to them and how they want to live.
You will:
- Support the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of residents’ care.
- Ensure care plans remain accurate, relevant and reflective of individual needs.
- Support residents with meals and individual dietary requirements and preferences.
- Encourage meaningful activities that promote engagement, independence, purpose and enjoyment.
- Maintain confidentiality and ensure care is delivered in line with regulatory, statutory and company requirements.
Be a trusted member of the clinical team
Working closely with our nursing and clinical teams, you’ll play an important role in supporting safe and effective care.
You will:
- Promptly communicate any clinical concerns to the Registered Nurse or Clinical Care Manager.
- Assist with medication management in accordance with company and local policies, always following the five rights of medication administration.
- Support residents during admission and discharge, ensuring the process is handled professionally and with compassion.
- Help ensure residents’ personal belongings are carefully managed and accounted for.
Champion dignity, respect and connection
For us, exceptional care is about more than completing tasks. It’s about getting to know the person behind the care plan.
You will:
- Build trusting and positive relationships with residents and their families.
- Spend meaningful time with residents, engaging in conversations and activities that reflect their interests, experiences and life stories.
- Respect individual choices, preferences, communication styles and routines.
- Respond calmly and compassionately when residents are distressed or require additional support.
- Promote dignity, independence and choice in everything you do.
Are you the person we're looking for?
If you are a caring, dependable and motivated professional who enjoys supporting others and would like to take the next step in your care career, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
We’re looking for someone who can combine excellent care skills with natural leadership, compassion and a positive attitude.
If you want to be part of a team where your work genuinely matters, where you can develop your skills and where every day brings the opportunity to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you.
Join Opus Care Limited and help us make every day better for our residents.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.71 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
Experience:
- providing care: 1 year (preferred)
- supervisory: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
Work Location: In person
