Care Assistant

Ingleborough Nursing Home
Care Assistant

About you

• Strong communication skills and the ability to build trusting relationships.
• Commitment to improving the quality of life for residents by delivering dignified, compassionate, and person-centred care.
• Ability to adapt to different environments and changing needs.
• Eagerness to learn, develop, and progress.
• A warm, friendly nature and a collaborative approach to working as part of a family-like team.

Benefits of working for The Ingleborough Nursing Home

• Excellent work environment we are much like a family
• High-quality funded training and career development
• EAP Employee Assistance Program (support for employees and their families)
• Company Pension Scheme
• Flexible working hours
• Quick and easy onboarding process
• Competitive pay
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised meals

As a Care Assistant / Care Worker, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, hands-on personal care to our residents, including:

• Person-Centred Care Delivery:
  Delivering daily hands-on personal care and hygiene support in strict alignment with residents' care plans and individual choices.
• Day-to-Day Monitoring:
  Continually monitoring residents' physical and mental wellbeing during your shift, and promptly escalating any changes in condition or concerns to the senior team.
• Medication Support:
  Assisting and supporting the Nurse-in-Charge with safe medication management only when specifically trained, authorised, and asked to do so under their direct clinical supervision.
• Digital Documentation:
  Completing and maintaining accurate, immediate records of all care delivery, daily observations, and fluid/nutrition logs within the Nourish system.
• Supporting a Calm Environment:
  Actively contributing to a safe, calm, and respectful environment across the home, promoting meaningful social engagement and resident choices.
• Collaborative Teamwork:
  Working closely with the wider Ingleborough team to uphold the homes high standards of care, family-like community, and resident dignity.

Who are we?

The Ingleborough Nursing Home is one of the most trusted healthcare providers in North Yorkshire with 50 years experience of providing Quality Care with Kindness.

At The Ingleborough Nursing Home were committed to Quality Care with Kindness.

Our professional, friendly and dedicated approach gives our team the support they need to do their role without unnecessary worries. We strive to provide compassionate care and do our upmost for our residents and colleagues alike, reflected in our core values of Quality Care with Kindness.

Job Title Care Assistant / Care Worker

Overall Responsible to Registered Manager

Daily Responsible to Senior Care and or Lead Care

• Quality Care with Kindness
  - This is the heart of everything we do.
• Care, Compassion, and Community
  - We work as a family, valuing every single person's part in making our home a warm and welcoming place.
• Championing Choice
  - We support our residents to live life on their own terms, ensuring their personal wishes always come first.

Job Summary

To provide hands-on personal care to residents in accordance with their assessed needs, ensuring their comfort and dignity are maintained to a high standard. Working as part of the care team, you will assist in supporting the physical wellbeing of our residents and actively contribute to the day-to-day life and activities within the home.

• Personal Care Helping residents with all personal care and hygiene needs including washing, showering, bathing, getting dressed, and assisting with all nutritional requirements.
• Mobility Support Supporting residents with mobilising and transferring using appropriate equipment, encouragement, and supervision as specified in care plans.
• Positioning Assisting residents to change positions safely when unable to do so themselves, using the correct specified equipment.
• Meal Service Serving meals, setting up dining spaces, and providing focused assistance to residents at mealtimes when needed.
• Responsiveness Promptly answering call bells and responding compassionately to individual care needs.
• Medication Assistance Where appropriately trained and competent to do so, assisting and supporting the nurse in charge with safe medication management.

• Activity Promotion Promoting physical and mental activity through regular chatting, sharing news, and actively…