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Senior Night Care Assistant

Lead our night team and make sure every resident is safe, comfortable and well cared for through the night.

  • Hours Nights, 20:00 to 08:00

  • Pay Competitive

  • Location St Leonards-on-Sea

About the role

Healey House is a 25-bedroom residential care home run by HRVAB, a local charity supporting people with sight loss since 1921. As our Senior Night Care Assistant, you will be the senior person on shift overnight, leading a small, caring team and making the decisions that keep residents safe and settled until the morning.

What you will do

  • Lead and support the night team, allocate work and act as the senior person on shift

  • Give personal care with dignity and respect, including help with continence, repositioning and settling residents

  • Give medication safely and record it accurately, in line with our medicines policy

  • Carry out regular checks on residents through the night and respond promptly to call bells

  • Notice changes in a resident’s health, seek medical advice when needed and keep families and the day team informed

  • Keep care records and handovers clear, accurate and up to date

  • Follow our fire safety, infection control and safeguarding procedures, and take charge calmly in an emergency

  • Support and guide newer colleagues on shift

About you

  • Experience as a senior carer, or of leading a shift in a care setting

  • Trained and confident in giving medication

  • A Level 2 or Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care, or willing to work towards one

  • Calm, kind and able to make sound decisions on your own at night

  • A clear communicator, with good spoken and written English

  • Interested in supporting people with sight loss; we will give you the training

What we offer

  • Competitive pay

  • Paid training through our online learning platform

  • Support to gain care qualifications

  • Workplace pension and paid holiday

  • Uniform provided

  • Meals on shift

  • Free guided meditation sessions for our team

How to apply

Fill in the form on this page and attach your CV. If you would like a chat about the role first, call us on 01424 436359 or email homemanager@hrvab.org.uk.

Every offer of employment is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.