Care Team Leader

Care Home Team Leader needed: £12.45ph!!

Established family-run Care Home in Gosport

Ref No. PK47513

Are you an experienced Care Team Leader or Senior Care Assistant who takes pride in delivering the highest standards of care to older people? If so, then join our clients fantastic team and put your career in the best hands.

You'll be passionate about delivering great care and about inspiring younger team members to do the same. You'll take pride in keeping accurate records and you'll always have an eye on how to improve processes and work with colleagues to make that happen.

If you have an NVQ Level 3 or above in Health and Social Care and Supervisory experience within a care setting we would love to hear from you! The role is perfect for either an experience Team Leader or Senior Carer looking for progression in their career.

Key details

This role is in a fantastic 50 bedded Care Home in Gosport that specialises in elderly and dementia care and the most recent CQC report is rated 'GOOD' in all areas. The Home comes with ample on-site parking and is also served by multiple bus routes.

They are seeking full-time, permanent Team Leaders, one each on Days and Nights. This is working long shifts and alternate weekends and will involve providing care to residents, administering medication and writing and reviewing care plans. Pay rates range from £12.15-12.45 per hour. (DOE)

You will help to run the home and lead the Care Assistants and Seniors to provide the very highest quality of care possible. As a Senior Care Team Leader, you will be in charge of carers helping service users with day-to-day needs by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. Being a Team Leader isn't just about leading a care team and promoting independence and choice for residents. It's about making sure we fully meet residents' medical, physical and emotional needs and championing their safety and dignity. At the end of the day we work in their home, not the other way around.

The residents have on offer multiple lounges, an attractive communal dining area and a large south facing conservatory which is a very bright, pleasant and airy room overlooking the grounds at the front. Many of the rooms have views of the well-established secure garden containing a water feature and raised beds which create a very pleasant area for residents to enjoy.

Care Team Leader Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support for carers and senior carers

• Act as a champion for residents' safety and dignity.

• Ensure that care is delivered according to latest guidelines and best practice evidence available.

• Ensure clear and accurate records are kept.

• Administering medication

Care Team Leader Skills & Experience

• Experience of working with older people

• Understand care planning processes and have experience of writing care plans

• Experience of leading a shift

• Good organisational skills and supervisory skills

• Ability to plan, allocate and delegate work appropriately to HCAs

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or above in Health and Social Care

• Medication trained

For more information on this Care Team Leader role please call Phil King on 0118 309 4222