# 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/9a777155-8165-430c-a405-dbdeb2e362ad - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/care-assistant-bank-care-home/9a777155-8165-430c-a405-dbdeb2e362ad.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barchester Healthcare - **Town:** Bristol - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £13.70 an hour - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-09-19T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T14:35:21.765Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0177-26-7809?employerCode=E0177 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1528813627&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 f ### Main duties of the job As a Bank Care Assistant at a Barchester care home, your role will involve helping residents enjoy each day by ensuring they receive the quality care and support they deserve. You will assist with daily living, offering both support and companionship while sharing great moments and memories. Each day will offer varied and rewarding work as you may find yourself assisting residents with meals and drinks, following care plans, and spending one-on-one time with them. To succeed in this role, you should have some experience in caring for older people, a proactive approach, and excellent communication skills. Your empathy and warm-hearted nature should enable you to provide the highest standard of care and support. Barchester provides training to help you thrive, along with competitive pay, flexibility, and opportunities for learning and development. ### About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, specializing in offering high-quality care services. The company operates a range of care homes that provide personalized, engaging, and fulfilling experiences for residents. It is committed to the growth and development of its staff, ensuring that they have access to ample learning and development opportunities. Barchester places great importance on employee well-being and job satisfaction. Its team is dedicated to fostering a supportive and caring environment where residents receive the compassionate care they expect for their loved ones. ### Details - Date posted: 21 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £13.70 an hour - Contract: Bank - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: 1528813627 - Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Skipton, BD23 5ET, 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, a compassionate and empathetic nature, willingness to undergo training. ## 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.