Care Assistant - Nights

Nottingham Care Village
  • Title Care Assistant - Nights
  • Setting Care Home / Nursing Home
  • Role Carer / Care Assistant / Care Support Worker
  • Salary
  • Hours Full Time or Part Time
  • Location Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Job Summary

Date posted: 11 March 2025

Nottingham Care Village are recruiting Night Care Assistants to work as an integral part of the care team, delivering the highest standards of personalised care to residents, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and dignity, and that individual’s rights to privacy, dignity, independence and choice are met.

Key Responsibilities

  • To provide the highest level of personal care and attention to residents, following individual care plans carefully and ensuring that all contact is polite, friendly, warm and supportive.
  • To understand and comply with all statutory and legal requirements which are relevant such as Health & Safety, COSHH, all aspects of the Health & Social Care Act, to maintain a safe environment throughout the home. Understand and have an awareness of Infection Control.
  • To always be alert to residents physical and mental well-being, immediately reporting any changes in a resident’s condition to a senior person on duty, and to accurately maintain and update residents’ records as required.
  • To respect and maintain confidentiality of resident’s personal information at all times, this includes residents’ behaviour and actions and any incidents that may occur in the course of day to day care.
  • Be understanding and patient towards residents and their needs. 
  • Responsible for making and changing beds, tidying resident’s rooms (with the resident’s permission) undertaking light cleaning duties as needed and generally assisting in ensuring that the Home is kept clean, pleasant and welcoming at all times.
  • To be an active and supportive member of the Care team, contributing to team meetings, ensuring good communication and helping new team members as appropriate, ensuring that the Care Home is a friendly and supportive working environment.

Good numeracy and literacy skills. A warm and friendly disposition

Skills / Qualifications:

  • ·       Good numeracy and literacy skills. A warm and friendly disposition