Health Care Assistant - Nightingale House South London

Nightingale Hammerson cares for over residents tailoring our approaches within our residential nursing dementia respite and palliative care We are enormously proud of our homes with our South London home Nightingale House being rated as Outstanding and our North London Hammerson House as Good in its first year open by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Personcentred care is at the heart of our work and we have teams of onsite therapists a dietitian and a wealth of activitie

What will your typical day involve

• Assisting with personal care (washing dressing and grooming)
• Supporting with eating and drinking
• Building good and trusting relationships with residents and always being open and responsive to their questions and needs
• Creating a positive mealtime environment whilst observing changes in nutritional status
• Acting as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity

• Supporting and encouraging residents to participate in meaningful engagement

• Reporting any concerns to the Household Lead

Who are we looking for

We ask our team members to take pride in their work ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard whilst maintaining an organised environment Often managing multiple requests at once team members need to be comfortable with multitasking and able to work on their own initiative unsupervised Where necessary the role will require working with other teams to ensure our residents are happy in their home

It is important that our team members can offer a cheerful compassionate respectful and caring approach and have good communication and interpersonal skills Finally we ask for a good understanding of the needs of older people and the desire to make a positive contribution to the lives of others

Although welcome no previous experience is required as full training is provided

However the following is essential

• A compassionate respectful and caring approach
• A good understanding of the needs of older people
• Awareness of and respect for Jewish values and traditions (we offer training to introduce Jewish culture and traditions as the majority of our team is not Jewish)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build professional relationships and work well within a team
• Basic IT skills and the ability to use a computer
• Be able to work alone under pressure whilst managing and prioritising tasks
• A flexible attitude towards tasks and hours
• A professional presentation and positive attitude with a customerorientated and friendly outlook

What else do we offer

• Free pick up and drop service to East Finchley tube station
• A friendly supportive team working environment
• Highly competitive rates of pay
• Training & development opportunities
• hours annual leave increasing over time
• A DBS (at no cost to yourself)
• Free uniform
• Refer a friend bonus scheme (T&C Applied)

Hours

• hours a week on a rota with a mixture of days nights and weekends

Apply Now

If you meet the above requirements we would love to hear from you!

It is very important to us that as well as meeting the job description you can bring a wealth of experience and qualities that make you ideal for working with the elderly on a daily basis

Values

Embrace and embody our core values of Compassion Respect Excellence Dignity Integrity and Teamwork

Safeguarding

Our positions are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosures which will be completed upon successful application All applications will be dealt with on an individual basis in accordance with our policy and organizational requirements

Diversity

We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and residents we serve Youll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose helping people live longer healthier happier lives and making a better world