Care Assistant
Job description
To be able to deliver outstanding person centered care in a professional manner to the home's residents with general and dementia nursing needs based upon best practice and current standards and guidelines, work as part of an effective team.
Responsibilities
- Assisting with personal care including bathing, washing, shaving, oral hygiene and continence requirements.
- Ensuring residents physical environment is warm and clean.
- Providing the respect, dignity and rights to privacy of residents as far as possible.
- Completing general observations and updating patient records.
- Maintaining clear communication with all healthcare professionals concerned with patients' care.
- Working effectively as a team member and providing a high standard of care and maintaining adequate nutrition.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential Skills
- NISCC registered.
- Willingness to complete relevant training along with yearly updates.
- Completion of Full Enhanced Access NI check.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Eligibility to work in the UK and currently reside in Northern Ireland.
Further Information
Evidence of ability to provide and promote high quality care through recent experience and satisfactory references.
- Vacancy ID
- 1765150
- Job Sector
- Carers and Support Workers
- Area
- Co Antrim
- Location
- Ballymoney
- Salary
- £12.82 per hour
- No. vacancies
- 2
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Weekly hours
- 24
- Published date
- 16/03/2026
- Closing date
- 14/04/2026
- Worktime
- 7.45pm - 8am; 7.45am - 8pm, includes weekend shifts, days to be confirmed.