Senior Care Assistant - Nights

Job summary

The Waterside is a contemporary, purpose-built 64-bedroom care home facility with ensuite accommodation, nestled in the heart of St Helens. Designed with comfort, safety, and dignity in mind, The Waterside offers a comprehensive range of care services, including residential, nursing, and specialist dementia support. The home reflects the Lovett Care vision of providing the highest standards of safety, comfort and care. We invest in the latest technology and offer a purposeful programme of daily activity and gentle exercise to enhance the experience, care and wellbeing of our residents. All team members are hand-selected for their warmth and passion; they have a full induction and ongoing training from our in-house trainers. Across Lovett Care, all of our staff are paid the national minimum wage or above.

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 full-time contract available with an hourly rate of £13.50! Shift times are 1945-0800, 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 in carrying 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 or 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 the 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 of 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
EarlyPay- 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 more in our elders.

This position is subject to a DBS check