Senior Care Practitioner Nights

Senior Care Practitioner Nights. Ribble Court Care Home

• Location: Ribble Court Care Home
• Hourly Rate: £13.68 per hour
• Contract Type: Fulltime 38.5 hours per week
• Shift Pattern: Nights 8:00 PM 8:00 AM includes weekend work on a rolling rota

At Sandstone we pride ourselves on creating highquality modern environments where residents and staff alike can feel at home. Our 53bed Ribble Court Care Home opened just two years ago offers stateoftheart facilities including a coffee shop/bistro hair and nail salon inviting dining and lounge areas and beautifully landscaped gardens. Our vision is a welcoming dynamic place where residents and their loved ones can relax and enjoy life supported by the latest care planning and nursecall technology.

Ribble Court specializes in highquality nursing and residential dementia care on separate floors with a personcentred approach that respects and honours residents’ individual needs and preferences.

As a Senior Care Practitioner Nights your responsibilities will include:

• Conducting Regular Nighttime Checks: Monitoring residents throughout the night to ensure their safety comfort and wellbeing addressing any needs promptly and professionally.
• Personal Care and Assistance: Assisting residents with personal care needs during nighttime hours including helping with mobility repositioning and ensuring restful sleep environments.
• Medication Administration: Safely administering nighttime medications as required following care plans and keeping accurate records.
• Monitoring Health and Responding to Emergencies: Observing residents for any signs of distress or changes in health responding quickly to emergencies and notifying oncall medical staff if necessary.
• Supporting and Supervising Night Staff: Leading and supporting the night care team ensuring tasks are completed and guiding colleagues with care and professionalism.
• Maintaining Records and Documentation: Documenting care activities updates and any incidents in residents’ records ensuring accurate information is available for day staff.
• Promoting a Calming Nighttime Environment: Creating a peaceful safe and comfortable setting for residents to ensure restful nights.
• Communicating with Day Staff: Providing detailed handovers to day staff noting any changes in residents’ conditions or care needs during the night.

This role is vital in delivering highquality personcentred care overnight ensuring our residents receive compassionate and professional support around the clock.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* with retailers like Asda Costa and Argos
• ReferaFriend and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* choose when you are paid and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme helping you plan for your retirement
• Inhouse training ongoing facetoface training tailored to you
• Career opportunities The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over fulltime hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’.

What are we looking for

• Supervisory or leadership experience in a residential or nursing home setting.
• A Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care (or willingness to work toward one).
• Strong recordkeeping skills with confidence in using care management technologies.
• Ability to stay calm and provide clear guidance to colleagues in challenging situations.
• A positive compassionate and flexible approach to working night shifts according to residents' needs.

Join us at Ribble Court and make a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents as part of a dedicated professional night care team. Apply today!

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates LGBTQ as well as nonbinary candidates and those with experience of mental health.