Bupa

Care Assistant

Company
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
11/27/2024
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Description
Job title: Care Assistant

Location: Heathland Court Care Home, 56 Parkside, Wimbledon, London, SW19 5NJ

Salary: From £11.80 up to £12.80

Contract: Full time or Part time

Shift Pattern: 12 hour shifts, 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 an award winning team 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.

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

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role:

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.

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 - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
  • Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
  • Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
  • 28 days holiday
  • We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
  • Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
  • Free meal on every shift
  • Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
  • 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.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

Activity Co-ordinator

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Salary (per hour / depending on experience)

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Welcome bonus*

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.

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You’ll Help Us Make Health Happen By:

  • Running morning and afternoon activity sessions. Activities are tailored to our residents but can include musical acts, days out, exercise classes, visitors from the community, arts and crafts, the possibilities are endless!
  • Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working to a set activities budget
  • Supporting our residents and encouraging them to partake in activities
  • Organising birthday surprises for our residents
  • Ensuring everything is organised for planned activities, events, performers and co-ordinating days out
  • Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home
  • Assisting with breakfast, lunch and dinner duties (when necessary)
  • Organising one to ones with our residents, this might involve reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat
  • Updating paperwork, care plans, activity notes and managing emails
  • Supporting the home with their social media channels as required

Key Skills / Qualifications Needed For This Role:

You’re a creative thinker with plenty of ideas, who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork, effectively managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference, you’re interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people’s lives better. Whether it’s motivating colleagues to support each activity or event, making links in the local area or even getting friends and family involved, you’ll pack a lot of community spirit into everything you do.

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 - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
  • Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
  • Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
  • 28 days holiday
  • We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
  • Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
  • Free meal on every shift
  • Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
  • 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 w e especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer a n interview /assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format , please email: careers@bupa.com

  • Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI.

Heathland Court

Location Status

On site

Salary Amount

£11.80 - £12.80

Unposting Date

Ongoing

Care Home Postcode

SW19 5NJ

Job:

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