Job Ref: TLC2040
Branch: Cherry Hinton Care Home
Location: Cherry Hinton Care Home , Cambridge
Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 33
Posted date: 18/07/2026
Closing date: 18/08/2026
Are you a compassionate, dedicated individual who is passionate about making a real difference in people's lives?
We are looking for caring and enthusiastic Healthcare Assistants to join our friendly team. This is a rewarding opportunity to provide high-quality, person-centred care to our residents, helping them maintain their dignity, independence, and quality of life in a safe and supportive environment.
This role is primarily based on night shifts, although you may occasionally be required to work day shifts to meet the needs of the service. Weekend working is also required on a rota basis, so flexibility is essential.
Whether you're an experienced Healthcare Assistant or looking to build a rewarding career in care, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Be Doing
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will:
- Provide personal care, including assisting residents with washing, dressing, toileting, grooming, and mobility.
- Support residents with their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
- Assist residents during mealtimes, ensuring dietary needs and swallowing requirements are safely met.
- Promote dignity, independence, privacy, and respect in all aspects of care.
- Maintain accurate daily care records and documentation.
- Support residents to take part in activities, hobbies, and social events.
- Assist residents attending appointments, hospital visits, or community outings where required.
- Help maintain a clean, safe, and comfortable environment, including making beds, cleaning equipment, and ensuring residents' rooms are tidy.
- Welcome visitors and provide a warm, friendly environment for residents and their families.
What We're Looking For
Essential
- You don't have to have previous experience as you will receive full training, but you must have compassion, dedication and a genuine interest in the people you care for.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work well as part of a team.
- Flexibility to work predominantly night shifts, with occasional day shifts if required, and weekends on a rota basis.
What We Offer
- Competitive rates of pay.
- Paid training and ongoing professional development.
- Career progression opportunities.
- Support to achieve Health Social Care qualifications.
- Friendly and supportive working environment.
- Pension scheme.
- Uniform provided.
- Refer a friend incentive scheme
- 28 days holiday per year
- Free meal
At TLC Care our values of Truth, Love and Compassion are the heart of all that we do and we are committed to ensuring that all of our people receive support, development and encouragement through every stage of their journey with TLC. As a TLC team member you will receive exceptional training and development, career progression, a wide range of benefits and an opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our residents.
We are a TLC family of seven care and nursing homes across London, Surrey, Hertfordshire and Cambridge providing exceptional care in our beautiful modern purpose-built homes which offer immaculate hotel- style facilities, in-house training areas and top-class activities. We work as one team demonstrating belief, energy and pride in all that we do, enabling us to achieve our purpose of providing outstanding care to all of our residents.
We believe that the way we care for our residents, relatives and team members reinforces the positives of lives; that people are good, they can be trusted, they care about you, the future is bright and every day brings something new and interesting.
