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Bank Care Assistant

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Job summary

The Bank Care Assistant position at Barchester Healthcare in Sherborne offers a flexible, temporary role with a competitive pay rate of £15.20 per hour. This casual part-time role allows you to assist residents in a care home setting, ensuring they receive the quality care and support they need. The job provides an opportunity to bring compassion and dedication to a role that is both varied and rewarding. With the flexibility to cover shifts as needed, this role enables you to find a balance between work and personal commitments while developing your career in healthcare.

Main duties of the job

This temporary, casual part-time position as a Bank Care Assistant at Barchester care home involves supporting residents in their daily living activities. You will provide companionship, assist with meals and drinks, and ensure residents receive one-to-one attention according to their care plans. The role is perfect for someone with a can-do attitude, empathy, and good communication skills who is passionate about delivering high-quality care to older people. While every day brings different challenges and tasks, the organization offers training to help you succeed and grow in your role.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is known for its commitment to delivering high-quality care in nursing homes across the UK. With a focus on ensuring residents receive excellent care and support, Barchester values its staff and offers opportunities for learning and development. Being one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, Barchester not only aims to provide exceptional care to its residents but also invests in the professional growth of its employees. Working at Barchester means being part of an organisation that strives to meet and exceed expectations in elderly care.

Details

Date posted

27 April 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£15.20 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

1494880659

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Sherborne

DT9 6EX


Job description

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEThis is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your 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 ROLEThis is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help residents enjoy each day by making sure they get the quality care and support they deserve. You'll assist with daily living, providing support and companionship and sharing great moments and memories too. It's a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment. Every day will be different, so you can expect to undertake work that's as varied as it is rewarding. As a Bank Care Assistant, you could be doing anything from supporting residents with their food and drink and following care plans to ensuring that each of our residents has one-to-one time. It's an opportunity to put your skills to meaningful use and develop your career.

ABOUT YOUTo join us as a Bank Care Assistant you'll need to have some experience of caring for older people, a can-do approach and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted approach will shine through, but above all, you'll have the compassion needed to deliver the highest standard of care and support for all our residents. In return we'll provide all the training you need to thrive.

REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your 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

  • Experience in caring for older people and excellent communication skills.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience in caring for older people and excellent communication skills.

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

Sherborne

DT9 6EX


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Sherborne

DT9 6EX


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

27 April 2026

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£15.20 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

1494880659

Job locations

Barchester Healthcare

Sherborne

DT9 6EX


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