# Care Assistant - Bank - Care Home > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barchester Healthcare. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-assistant-bank-care-home/7aacc6aa-68a3-4a6f-81f3-4d9e0fd5ed62 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-assistant-bank-care-home/7aacc6aa-68a3-4a6f-81f3-4d9e0fd5ed62.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barchester Healthcare - **Town:** Bristol - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £15.75 an hour - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-09-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-07T15:33:34.974Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0177-26-7282?employerCode=E0177 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1524439533&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### Job summary ABOUT THE ROLE 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 YOU To 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. ### Main duties of the job As a Bank Care Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, your role is to ensure that residents receive the quality care and support they deserve, helping them enjoy each day. The role involves assisting with daily living activities, providing support, companionship, and sharing meaningful moments with residents. This position offers flexibility as a bank role, covering shifts as needed, including for annual leave or sick leave. You'll need experience in caring for older people, a positive attitude, and excellent communication skills. Barchester provides a supportive environment with competitive pay and opportunities for learning and development. ### About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, committed to offering quality care and support to its residents. As an organisation, Barchester takes the growth and development of its employees seriously, offering plenty of free learning and development opportunities. The organisation values compassionate care and provides a rewarding place for staff to use their skills meaningfully while enjoying flexibility and development opportunities. Barchester Healthcare is dedicated to ensuring that every resident receives the standard of care they would expect for their loved ones. ### Details - Date posted: 07 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £15.75 an hour - Contract: Bank - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: 1524439533 - Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, York, YO19 4QT, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities ABOUT THE ROLEAs 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, excellent communication skills, empathy, and a warm-hearted approach. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.