CARE ASSISTANT
Location: East Grinstead
Hours: Full time DAY flexible day shifts
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Dependent on experience
The Company: Truscott Manor Care Home
Truscott Manor is a 39 bed nursing home in East Grinstead. Set in a traditional manor house, within acres of beautiful gardens, the home has a warm and friendly atmosphere, with a sense of family between the staff. Benefitting from an exceptional reputation within the area, we cater for elderly and frail residents with a varied dependency.
We require a Care Assistant to provide care to vulnerable elderly residents that would have previously been given by members of the resident's own family. This position involves shift work.
The Role:
- Washing, dressing, and toileting residents.
- Preparing residents for bed.
- Feeding residents, if necessary, and serving meals.
- Changing beds and tidying bedrooms.
- Sharing activities to encourage residents to remain as independent as possible.
- Help residents with problems of mobility and other physical disabilities (e.g. incontinence), helping with the use of disability aids and caring for the same, where appropriate.
- To answer promptly all nurse alarm calls, assessing each situation and dealing with any resident who is seeking help and in cases of emergency to summon duty Nurse in Charge.
- To assist residents who need help or reassurance, providing light drinks or refreshments where required.
- To carry out regular checks on the building, with particular reference to fire prevention and external security (all windows and external doors secured etc).
- To help maintain a safe and healthy environment in the Home with due regard to appropriate Food Hygiene and Health & Safety Regulations and to report all accidents to the Night Shift Person in Charge.
- To participate in staff meetings.
- To participate in training activities or course, as directed by senior staff, particularly four fire lectures per year.
- To assist with End-of-Life Care for residents who are terminally ill.
- To undertake other duties, as necessary.
The position will not include tasks that would normally be undertaken by a nurse or senior carer.
Skills Required:
- Caring
- Sensitive to the needs of others
- Active team player
- Able to work on own initiative
- Good communicator
- Self motivated
- Organised
- Flexible attitude
- Experience of working as a carer preferred
We provide a competitive salary, free training, flexible shifts and pension. An enhanced DBS is required.
We do not offer sponsorship. You must have the right to work in the UK.
For an application form please ‘phone 01342 314458 or email.
Website: www.truscottmanor.co.uk
Job Type: Full-time
Ability to commute/relocate:
- East Grinstead RH19 3SU: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
