# Senior Care Assistant - Bank > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Akari Care Limited. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-assistant-bank/2108a456-a552-4421-9ca0-c2ec5a54d91e - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-care-assistant-bank/2108a456-a552-4421-9ca0-c2ec5a54d91e.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Akari Care Limited - **Town:** Gateshead - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Salary:** £13.50 to £14.50 an hour - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-09-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-18T18:04:25.598Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/W0033-26-0987?employerCode=W0033 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1527989481&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### Job summary Applicants must have a recognised NVQ LV2 or 3 Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes. Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and producing ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way. We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs. About you: A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, Good communicatio... ### Main duties of the job Applicants must have a recognised NVQ LV2 or 3. Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes. Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting in producing ideas for social activities, and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value-driven way. We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs. We are looking for colleagues who can make a difference for our residents within Akari Care. In case you had not guessed, our values are personal. ### About us Akari Care is a company dedicated to providing support and care to residents within their homes. It creates a supportive and inclusive community, aiming to deliver the highest quality levels of care. Akari Care seeks to foster an environment where the atmosphere feels like the residents personal home. Working alongside care assistants and other staff members, Akari Care strives to create a home-like atmosphere that caters to the individual needs of residents. The company values employees who display a caring nature, good communication skills, flexibility, and a warm and engaging persona. By upholding these values, Akari Care hopes to respect and treat others as expected. ### Details - Date posted: 18 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £13.50 to £14.50 an hour - Contract: Bank - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: 1527989481 - Job locations: Akari Care, Gateshead, NE8 1QU, United Kingdom ### Job responsibilities ** Applicants must have a recognised NVQ LV2 or 3 **Are you already an experienced Senior Care Assistant or a Care Assistant looking to take the next step within your career? If so, we are looking for exactly the right type of people to be part of our supportive and inclusive community within our homes. Working alongside the care assistants, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality levels of care to our residents. This includes observing, reviewing, and finalising care planning needs, assisting, and producing ideas for social activities and supporting the training and supervision of junior and new colleagues in an Akari value driven way. We look to our trusted care teams to create an environment where the atmosphere feels like our residents personal home, for them and their respective visiting family members, which suits all their individual needs. About you: - A caring nature to give everyone a personal approach, - Good communication and relationship building skills, - Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice, - Warm, approachable, and engaging persona, - Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated. What is in it for you: - A competitive salary - Employer Pension contribution of 3%, - Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes, - We offer Wage stream - a money management app that you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it. - Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid, - 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays), - Fully funded training and development, - Support with personal development plans Whether you are an experienced carer or are starting a career in care, we are looking for colleagues who can make a difference for our residents within Akari Care. In case you had not guessed, our values are: - Personalised - Kind - Caring - Trusted - Community If you share our values, then we would love to hear from you. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - A recognised NVQ LV2 or 3 ## 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.