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Excelsis Healthcare Recruitment
Healthcare Assistant
Shaftesbury, Dorset
- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Salary
- 12.82 GBP Hourly
- Recruiter
- Excelsis Healthcare Recruitment
- Closes
- 04 Apr 2026
- Course
- No
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
Description
Excelsis Healthcare is looking for Healthcare assistants in the UK.
The candidate must be looking to start ASAP.
Full–Time Care Assistant Required
Sponsorship Available
Salary: GBP12.82 per hour
What will your typical day involve?
Assisting with personal care (washing, dressing, and grooming) Supporting eating and drinking Building good and trusting relationships with residents and always being open and responsive to their questions and needs Creating a positive mealtime environment, whilst observing changes in nutritional status Acting as an advocate for residents and promoting their dignity Supporting and encouraging residents to participate in meaningful engagement Reporting any concerns to the Household Lead
Whom are we looking for?
We ask our team members to take pride in their work, ensuring tasks are completed to a high standard, whilst maintaining an organized environment. Often managing multiple requests at once, team members need to be comfortable multitasking and able to work on their own initiative, unsupervised. Where necessary, the role will require working with other teams to ensure our residents are happy.
It is important that our team members can offer a cheerful, compassionate, respectful, and caring approach and have good communication and interpersonal skills. Finally, we ask for a good understanding of the needs of older people and the desire to make a positive contribution to the lives of others.
However, the following is essential:
A compassionate, respectful, and caring approach Minimum 1–year experience as a Health care Assistant in a Care home Setting A good understanding of the needs of older people Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build professional relationships and work well within a team Basic IT skills and the ability to use a computer Be able to work alone under pressure whilst managing and prioritizing tasks A flexible attitude towards tasks and hours A professional presentation and positive attitude, with a customer–orientated and friendly outlook. What else do we offer?
A friendly, supportive, team working environment Highly competitive rates of pay Visa sponsorship available Accommodation Assistance Apply Now
If you meet the above requirements, we would love to hear from you!
It is very important to us that, as well as meeting the job description, you can bring a wealth of experience and qualities that make you ideal for working with the Residents on a daily basis.
Safeguarding
All applications will be dealt with on an individual basis in accordance with policy and organizational requirement.
Ad ID: 5417980089
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