Senior Care Assistant

As a Senior Care Assistant, you will ensure that the day-to-day care and wellbeing of our residents are consistently delivered to the highest standards. You will be be able to lead the shift as a senior which involves working cooperatively with your team and taking lead when carrying out your daily responsibilities.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing personal care: Assist with daily living activities including dressing, bathing, toileting, continence care and repositioning.
• Feeding: To feed residents who need help, lay tables and trays, serve meals, wash up, prepare light meals, clear and tidy dining room.
• Mobility support: To help residents who have limited mobility, making the best use of aids provided.
• Medication: Safe and efficient administration and recording of medication. Ensuring medication is stored securely, in line with best practice regulations.
• Medication Stock Control: Assist in the management of medication stock levels, including checking delivery, signing in stock and storing it safely.
• Record Keeping:Update care notes accurately throughout the shift on PCS. This includes timely documentation of accidents/incidents/body maps.
• Care Plan Reviews: Contribute to the monthly review of individual care plans on PCS.
• Promoting a safe environment: Ensure that health and safety regulations are followed, and residents' dignity is maintained at all times.
• Providing emotional support: Be a source of companionship to residents. Assist in giving mental and physical stimulation to residents by talking to them and helping them to continue with hobbies and activities in the Home.
• End of life care: To help and care for residents at the end of life; keeping the managers fully informed of events.
• Training & Development: Undertake mandatory training to ensure you adhere to best practices in care delivery.
• Cleaning: To make and change beds, tidy rooms and do light cleaning, including the emptying and cleaning of commodes & support laundry as required.
• Night checks: Carry out regular hourly checks on residents, ensuring their safety throughout the night.
• To follow approved hand-over procedures at end of each duty.
• To supervise and adhere to the policies of Home.
• To ensure that all staff contribute to the best of abilities to the efficient running of the Home and the creation of an atmosphere conducive to the best interests of residents.

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