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General Assistant - Bank

The closing date is 17 April 2026

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Job summary

As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide quality care and support for the residents. Your responsibilities will span across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to play a crucial role in creating a warm and homely environment. This wide-reaching role requires a reliable, compassionate, and caring approach, as you'll build positive professional relationships with the residents.

Main duties of the job

As a General Assistant, you'll be responsible for a diverse range of tasks to support the day-to-day operations of the care home. This includes duties in housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, all aimed at ensuring a comfortable and welcoming environment for the residents. You'll need to be practical, adaptable, and willing to lend a hand wherever needed. Barchester Healthcare will provide comprehensive training to help you develop the necessary skills to thrive in this role.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes across the UK. With a strong focus on person-centered care, the organization is dedicated to creating a warm and nurturing environment for its residents. Barchester invests heavily in the training and development of its staff, ensuring they are equipped to deliver the best possible care and support.

Details

Date posted

16 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

1463131124

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Chellaston

DE73 5XE


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help us provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. No two days will be the same as you take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering. It's because this is such a wide-reaching role that you'll be able to play your own part in creating a warm and homely environment. Caring and empathetic, as a General Assistant you'll put our residents first and build the kind of positive professional relationships with them that make their experience with us happy and meaningful.

ABOUT YOUPeople in a General Assistant role come from all walks of life and have all kinds of life experiences and career paths behind them. You'll be a big part of our home so what matters is that you're reliable, compassionate, caring and always ready to make a difference. You should be practical too, happy to turn your hand to different tasks. If you have all of this, our training will cover everything else you need to thrive. You'll also have the opportunity to take courses that will develop your skills even further.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme

If you'd like to use your can-do approach and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help us provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. No two days will be the same as you take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering. It's because this is such a wide-reaching role that you'll be able to play your own part in creating a warm and homely environment. Caring and empathetic, as a General Assistant you'll put our residents first and build the kind of positive professional relationships with them that make their experience with us happy and meaningful.

ABOUT YOUPeople in a General Assistant role come from all walks of life and have all kinds of life experiences and career paths behind them. You'll be a big part of our home so what matters is that you're reliable, compassionate, caring and always ready to make a difference. You should be practical too, happy to turn your hand to different tasks. If you have all of this, our training will cover everything else you need to thrive. You'll also have the opportunity to take courses that will develop your skills even further.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme

If you'd like to use your can-do approach and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester Healthcare values life experiences and a caring, compassionate attitude over formal qualifications. The organization will provide all the necessary training to help you succeed in the role of General Assistant.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • No specific qualifications are required for this role. Barchester Healthcare values life experiences and a caring, compassionate attitude over formal qualifications. The organization will provide all the necessary training to help you succeed in the role of General Assistant.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Chellaston

DE73 5XE


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Chellaston

DE73 5XE


Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Barchester Healthcare

Recruitment@barchester.com

Details

Date posted

16 February 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.71 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

1463131124

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Chellaston

DE73 5XE


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