Senior Care Assistant – Nights | Luxury Residential Care Home | Clitheroe, Lancashire
Location: Clitheroe, Lancashire
Salary: £15.00 per hour (Circa £37,440 per annum)
Contracted Hours: 48 hours per week | 7:45pm – 8:00am | Alternate Weekends
This role does not offer sponsorship.
Overview
Compass Associates are delighted to be working in partnership with a well-established and premium care provider to recruit a Senior Care Assistant (Nights) for a luxury residential care home in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Senior Care Assistant to join a modern, purpose-built care home that has been designed to deliver exceptional standards of care within a luxury environment.
The home provides high-quality residential and dementia care for older adults and has been built around a person-centred philosophy, combining outstanding hospitality with innovative technology to create an exceptional living environment for residents.
Working alongside the Home Manager and Deputy Manager, you will play a key role in leading the night shift, supporting the wider care team and ensuring residents receive safe, compassionate and person-centred care throughout the night.
This role will particularly suit an experienced Senior Care Assistant who understands the expectations of working within a premium residential care environment. We are looking for someone who takes pride in their personal presentation, communicates confidently and professionally with residents, relatives and healthcare professionals, and understands that delivering exceptional care goes hand-in-hand with delivering an outstanding customer experience.
As the senior on shift, you'll lead by example, maintain the highest professional standards and provide reassurance and leadership to both residents and colleagues, ensuring the home continues to deliver an exceptional level of care overnight.
Role Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the night shift, ensuring high standards of care are maintained.
- Administer medication safely and in accordance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Provide leadership, guidance and support to the night care team.
- Monitor residents' health and wellbeing, responding appropriately to changes in condition.
- Complete, review and maintain accurate care plans, risk assessments and daily documentation.
- Liaise effectively with on-call professionals and communicate important updates to the management team.
- Support Mental Capacity Assessments (MCA), Best Interest decisions and other care planning processes where appropriate.
- Carry out regular clinical and environmental checks to ensure the home remains safe, secure and compliant throughout the night.
- Promote dignity, independence and choice while delivering person-centred care.
- Lead by example, maintaining professionalism, accountability and a positive team culture.
Shift Pattern
- 48 hours per week.
- 7:45pm – 8:00am waking night shifts.
- 15-minute paid handover included.
- Paid breaks.
- Alternate weekends required.
- Permanent night contract.
Benefits
- Competitive hourly rate of £15.00 per hour.
- Circa £37,440 per annum.
- Paid breaks.
- Opportunity to work within a luxury, purpose-built care home.
- State-of-the-art digital care planning and medication systems.
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing training.
- Supportive leadership team with genuine career development opportunities.
- Modern working environment with significant investment in technology and resident wellbeing.
- Excellent opportunities for progression as the organisation continues to expand.
Requirements
- Previous experience as a Senior Care Assistant within an elderly residential or dementia care setting.
- Experience administering medication.
- Experience leading or supervising a team of Care Assistants.
- Previous experience working within a premium or luxury care environment would be highly advantageous.
- Professional appearance with excellent personal presentation.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to build strong relationships with residents, relatives and healthcare professionals.
- A genuine passion for delivering hospitality-led, person-centred care.
- NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care is desirable but not essential, provided you're willing to work towards the qualification.
- Good understanding of safeguarding, medication management, care planning and CQC standards.
- Experience using electronic care planning systems such as Nourish or similar would be advantageous.
- Stable employment history within the elderly care sector preferred.
Commutable From
Clitheroe, Whalley, Barrow, Chatburn, Longridge, Blackburn, Accrington, Burnley, Ribchester, Skipton and surrounding Lancashire areas.
Recommendations
Compass Associates Ltd is acting as the recruitment partner for this permanent vacancy. If you know someone suitable for the role, we offer a referral incentive – receive £500 in vouchers if your referral is successfully placed.
Contact
If you would like to be considered for this opportunity, please contact Joshua Drewry on 02392 313043 or send your CV to [email protected].
