General Assistant - Bank
- NHS
- Full Time
- Northallerton
- 13.38 an hour
Job Description
Job summary
As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide the quality care and support that residents deserve. This is a diverse role with responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering, allowing you to play a part in creating a warm and homely environment for the residents.
Main duties of the job
The General Assistant role involves a wide range of duties to support the smooth running of the care home. This includes tasks such as housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering. The role requires a caring and empathetic approach, as you'll be building positive relationships with the residents to ensure they have a happy and meaningful experience. You'll receive training to develop the skills needed to thrive in this position.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of residential care, nursing care, and specialist care services in the UK. They operate over 200 care homes, providing high-quality care and support to thousands of residents. Barchester is committed to creating a warm, welcoming, and homely environment for all their residents.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help us provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. No two days will be the same as you take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering. It's because this is such a wide-reaching role that you'll be able to play your own part in creating a warm and homely environment. Caring and empathetic, as a General Assistant you'll put our residents first and build the kind of positive professional relationships with them that make their experience with us happy and meaningful.
ABOUT YOUPeople in a General Assistant role come from all walks of life and have all kinds of life experiences and career paths behind them. You'll be a big part of our home so what matters is that you're reliable, compassionate, caring and always ready to make a difference. You should be practical too, happy to turn your hand to different tasks. If you have all of this, our training will cover everything else you need to thrive. You'll also have the opportunity to take courses that will develop your skills even further.
REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:
Free learning and development Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you'd like to use your can-do approach and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester is looking for people with a caring and compassionate nature, who are reliable, practical, and always ready to make a difference. The company provides training to cover any skills needed for the role.
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Northallerton
DL7 8UE
