CARE ASSISTANT

JOB TITLE

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CARE ASSISTANT

RESPONSIBLE TO

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HOME DIRECTOR AND MANAGERS

REPORTS TO

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SENIOR CARE ASSISTANT OR NURSES

The care assistant is primarily responsible for delivering the highest possible standard of care to our service users.

Specific tasks:

· To provide all personal care and attention for each service user and to follow the activities of daily living in accordance with the planned care.
· To ensure that service user’s physical needs, comfort and dignity are met.
· To allow service users freedom of choice and to abide by the AMS Care Home Charter.
· To assist qualified Nurses in the performance of their duties as requested.
· To encourage and assist service users in leisure pursuits and ensure that their social and emotional needs are met.
· To maintain confidentiality at all times.
· To report any changes in service users physical or mental condition to the senior staff on duty.
· To maintain accurate records on all forms as required.
· To cover colleagues duties in times of sickness and holidays.
· To undertake induction training and participate in training programmes which may be required either by Law or Company standards.
· To abide by the Home’s security precautions at all times.
· To comply with regulations of Health and Safety at Work, COSHH, Environmental Health and Fire Procedures, etc and abide by the Home’s Health and Safety Policy.
· To report promptly all complaints, however minor, to the Senior Nurse on duty.
· To undertake cleaning duties as required, replenish stocks of disposable items and exercise cost control at all times.
· To ensure service users clothing and toiletries are adequate and named and ensure deficiencies are reported.
· To take care to protect service users personal belongings.
· To participate in assessment and evaluation of service users care.
· To work as a key worker to allocated service users.
· To attend meetings as required by the Home Director.
· To be courteous and polite at all times and to develop good relations with service users, visitors and other professionals both inside and outside the Home.
· To abide by the Home’s Quality Procedures, Policies and Work practices and to report any non-conformances in the correct manner.
· To answer outside telephone calls politely and relay messages efficiently.
· To participate in marketing activities as requested.
· To promote the good name of the Home and the Company at all times.
· To co-operate and maintain good working relationships with all staff.

In addition to the above duties the home director may from time to time request the care assistant to undertake other tasks reasonably related to their employment.

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