Job title: Care Assistant
Location: Bupa Ardenlea Grove Care Home, 19-21 Lode Lane,
Solihull,B91 2AB
Salary: £12.25 per hour
Contract: Permanent Full Time 33/44 hours
Shift Pattern: Days 8am - 8pm
Must be flexible to work between Monday - Sunday including
alternate weekends
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care
homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting
independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their
best lives.
As a Care Assistant, you’re at the heart of making a difference to our
residents. You’re as passionate about care as we are, and we’d love you
to be part of our family. You’ll be working with the most remarkable
team (we’ve just been awarded Care Home Provider of the Year at the
Leaders in Care Awards 2022) helping people from your own community.
You understand how delivering high-quality, personal and social care,
is as important as nurturing relationships, providing kindness and
warmth to individuals and your amazing colleagues. So that our residents
feel truly valued, cared for and part of life in the home.
We’re looking for motivated, positive individuals with great
interpersonal skills. You understand what is important to others.
Whether you’re an experienced carer or new to the sector, we’ll provide
you with the support and training you need to develop, where you can
learn from some of the best people in the industry. We’ll also train you
on all aspects of our new digital care, transforming how you work,
making things easier and letting you focus on care for our residents.
It’s an exciting time to be with us.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
- Assisting residents with a high standard of clinical, social and
emotional care and recognising and meeting the specific needs of residents
- Supporting residents with a wide range of differing requirements
from companionship to personal care
- Being part of a team supporting the nurse or senior care assistant
in monitoring our residents and reporting change
- Communicating with residents’ families, friends and other
healthcare professionals
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva
is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our
health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and
environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range
of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and
treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote
GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all
available via one phone number 24/7
- Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa
healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
- Free meal on every shift
- 28 days holiday
- Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with
ecards, extra holidays and money!
- Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public
transport annual season tickets
- Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages
within minutes
- We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our
career site
- Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and
co parents -find out more on our career site
- Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek
advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness
facilities across the UK
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our
customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose
– helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a
better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and
responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion
diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing
the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially
encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and
experiences.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview
for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the
job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable
adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.