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Care Assistant - Nights

Job in Edenbridge, Sevenoaks, Kent County, TN13, England, UK
Listing for: NHS
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-15
Job specializations:
  • Healthcare
    Healthcare Nursing, Healthcare Administration
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 40000 - 60000 GBP Yearly GBP 40000.00 60000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Location: Edenbridge

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, with a vision of 'creating meaningful lives together'.

Main duties of the job

As a Care Assistant at Avery Healthcare, you will be responsible for delivering high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents. This will involve assisting residents with their personal hygiene, recognising and understanding clinical risk areas, and acting courteously towards residents and their visitors while respecting their dignity and individuality.

About us

Avery Healthcare is a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, with a focus on creating a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered. They are committed to helping their teams grow and develop within a caring, compassionate culture that prioritises exceptional care for their residents.

Job responsibilities

Package

Description:

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day. Your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career.

As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Care Assistant. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

About the role

Your focus as Care Assistant will be to deliver high standards of personal care, contributing fully to the care team to ensure continuity of services to residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

  • Assisting residents in all their personal hygiene care ensuring optimum independence, dignity and respect of individuals at all times.
  • Recognising and understanding clinical risk areas in residents such as weight loss, pressure sores, risk of falls, sign of infections and escalating any identified risks in a timely manner.
  • Acting courteously towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
  • Practicing safe systems of work across the range of tasks.

About you

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do. Experience is not required as we are proud to offer a thorough induction and training programme to ensure confidence within your role.

Our ideal candidate must:

  • Have the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
  • Demonstrate initiative and be respectful towards the residents and other people in the home.
  • Be an efficient worker who can carry reasonable instructions from other team members.
  • Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

About Avery

Avery is not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes – we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

Please note this role will require:

  • A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
  • Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline, depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification Qualifications
  • No prior experience is required, as Avery Healthcare provides a thorough induction and training program to ensure confidence within the role. The ideal candidate should have the ability to communicate effectively, demonstrate initiative and respect, be an efficient worker, and be adaptable and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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