Senior Care Assistant - Days

Job summary

Hilton House Care Home is a purpose-built 51 bed care facility located in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent. Created to provide the highest standards of comfort, safety, and personalised care, Hilton House supports residents with a variety of needs, including residential and dementia residential care. The home reflects the Lovett Care promise of excellence, offering a warm and supportive environment where residents feel truly at home. We incorporate the latest care technologies and deliver a rich programme of daily activities and gentle exercise to encourage wellbeing and enhance quality of life. Our dedicated team is carefully selected for their compassion and professionalism, and benefits from comprehensive induction and ongoing training provided by our in-house trainers.

We are seeking to appoint a kind, caring and motivated Senior Care Assistant to join our team. You will support the Home Manager and Deputy Home Manager in providing leadership to the care team and effective 24-hour management of the home within the available resources. We have a 44 hour contract available with an hourly rate of £13.10! Shift times are 0800-2000, with alternate weekend working. To apply for this role you must have medication management and administration experience.


Role Responsibilities:

• Promote the highest standard of person centred clinical nursing care to residents.
• Manage, allocate duties and supervise the care team ensuring a quality delivery of care for the duration of the shift.
• To be a role model and demonstrate person centred care delivery.
• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults that you are responsible for or come into contact with.
• Manage the delivery of residents personalised care according to their agreed plan of care for the duration of a shift.
• Promote professional standards within the home supporting the Deputy and Home Manager.
• Provide supervision, coaching and assessment to Care Assistants.
• Ensure effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident care through written care plans.
• Maintain correctly written records as required by the company and regulatory bodies.
• Manage daily rotas and delegate daily workload ensuring sufficient and safe use of manpower.
• Ensure that all new admission files are completed within the week of arrival and the named nurse, senior carer and key worker must all contribute to completing the file
• Build relationships with external professionals
• Assist the home manager to carry out regular quality audits of care plans

Skills and experience required:

• Medication management and administration experience
• Experience working with older people.
• NVQ Level 2 in Social Care of equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent/ the achievement of this in the first 12 months of their employment.
• Evidence of the ability to contribute to the assessment, planning and evaluation of the care needs of older people.
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the 6 principles of care and how they should underpin delivery of care in a residential/Nursing setting.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrate self-motivation and confidence.

The Benefits?

• Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles
• Bank holiday and overtime enhancements?
• 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
• Paid DBS?
• Uniform provided
• Paid training?
• Refer a friend referral scheme,?for the following roles only – Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
• Excellent induction programme for new starters?
• A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
• Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications?
• A competitive rate of pay?
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing programmes?
• Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets
• Ongoing career development?
• Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day?
• Pension scheme
• Early Pay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)

About Lovett Care

At Lovett, we believe our elders deserve more. Not out of duty or pity, but because they've earned it, and because the good life doesn't stop at 80, 90, or 100. We believe in more…More dignity in everyday care. More respect in every interaction. More friendship, joy, and belonging. More moments that matter. Our homes aren't waiting rooms. They're communities where people thrive, where days are full of possibility, voices are heard, and the wonder of people shines through in every conversation, every shared meal, every burst of laughter down the hall. When you choose Lovett, you're choosing a place that sees your loved one as we see our own elders: as people who still have everything to give, and everything to gain. We are Lovett. We believe in more for our elders.


This position is subject to a DBS check