Health Care Assistant

Bury, BL9 0HE

Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Jubilee Heights 
Location: Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE
Contract type: Various hours available, Full time 12 hour shifts and Part time 8am to 2pm and 2pm to 8pm shifts
Rate: £12.71

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Jubilee Heights care home in Bury.

As a Health Care Assistant, you’ll be part of a supportive team and help make every day better for the people we support. You’ll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives while also developing valuable skills and experience.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

And you can be proud to work for one of the country’s leading providers. The number of our homes rated ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ far exceeds the national average.

About Exemplar Health Care 

Jubilee Heights is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. 

When open, Jubilee Heights will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. 

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them. 

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

  • supporting people with their personal care
  • assisting people at meal times
  • understanding individual health and wellbeing needs
  • encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home
  • promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect
  • completing and maintaining care records.

We have higher-than-average staffing levels when compared to other care providers, giving you more time to spend with the people you support.

Download our job description to read more: 

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1029766837/

About you

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also: 

  • caring, kind, understanding and calm
  • able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations
  • energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can-do attitude
  • a great listener and communicator.

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do. 

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes. 

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including: 

  • regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
  • access to wages before payday  
  • retail and lifestyle discounts
  • free DBS check
  • 24/7 counselling and support
  • Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’. 

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email pod1@exemplarhc.com

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. 

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact recruitment@exemplarhc.com.

About Exemplar
Health Care

We're one of the UK's leading providers of nursing care for adults living with complex needs, with more than 60 care homes across England. 

Everything we do is guided by our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

This creates a supportive environment where colleagues can grow and make every day better for the people we support.

Getting to Jubilee Heights

Jubilee Heights, Irwell Street, Bury, BL9 0HE

Jubilee Heights is in central Bury, a short drive from the M66, M62 and M60.

If you’re travelling on the M66, take junction 2.

  • Follow Rochdale Road/A58 for 1.3 miles, continue onto Jubilee Way/A58.
  • Keep to the right and take the turn for the A56.
  • Turn right onto Bolton Street and right again onto Irwell Street.

The home’s a short walk from several bus stops.

  • Bury East Lancs Railway (Stop SS) bus stop (stop ID: MANDPGJA), which is accessed by buses 469, 477, 480, 511, and 512
  • Bury East Lancs Railway (Stop TT) bus stop (stop ID: MANDPGJD), which is accessed by buses 469, 477, 480, 511, and 512
  • Bolton Street (Stop RR) bus stop (stop ID: MANDPGJG), which is accessed by buses 98, 477, 480, 898, and 968.

There’s also a train station in the local area.

  • Bury Bolton Street – 0.3 miles away (six minute walk).

From Manchester Piccadilly, you can also take a tram:

  • Yellow line to Bury (stop ID: mantpjtj), which is an eight minute walk.