Senior Care Assistant
Core
Leading a care unit and delivering person-centred clinical and personal care to residents in a residential care home.
Role type
Senior Care Assistant (Team Lead)
Builds
Residential care services for adults with long-term conditions, palliative, and post-operative needs.
Domain
Healthcare / Social Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Clinical support, team management, shift handover coordination, staff training and supervision, medication administration support, care plan review, record keeping, relationship building with families and external teams, personal care assistance.
Preferred skills
NVQ3 in care (or working towards), experience in care roles, passion for making a difference.
Responsibilities
Day-to-day responsibility for running a unit, supporting clinical duties including medication and care plan review, driving and managing a team of Care Assistants, helping with training and supervision of new staff, building relationships with residents and families, assisting with personal care duties.