Senior Care Assistant

Job Description:

Senior Care Assistant - Nights

The Bridles Care Home, Dykes Way, Wincanton BA9 9FQ

£16 per hour (includes £2 per hour night enhancement) + £800 Welcome Bonus

Night shifts available - 7:30pm-7:30am

Take the next step in your care career at The Bridles

Join The Bridles, a brand-new, state-of-the-art care home in Wincanton. Built for the future, we provide residential, nursing and specialist dementia care.

This isn’t just another care role — it’s your chance to help shape a new home, build a team culture, and set the standard from the very beginning.

With beautiful surroundings, smart technology, and a real focus on comfort and connection, The Bridles is somewhere you’ll be proud to work.

Why nights at The Bridles?

If you enjoy calmer environments, meaningful one-to-one care, and taking real ownership of your shift — nights are where you thrive.

As a Senior Care Assistant, you’ll lead from the front, running the unit overnight and making a genuine impact on residents’ comfort, safety, and wellbeing.

As part of our dedicated team, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference every day while gaining valuable experience caring for residents living with a wide range of medical conditions and complex care needs. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering outstanding care while developing their leadership skills and progressing their career within healthcare.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll take ownership of the night shift while supporting both residents and your team:

• Lead and coordinate the unit overnight
• Support clinical care alongside the Nurse (meds, observations, care plans)
• Mentoring, training and supporting new team members
• Supporting shift handovers and communicating effectively across teams
• Reviewing and updating care plans
• Building positive relationships with residents, families, GPs and healthcare professionals
• Providing compassionate personal care and promoting resident wellbeing

What we’re looking for

• Previous experience working in a Care Assistant role, ideally at Senior Care Assistant level
• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, or willingness to work towards it with our support
• Confidence leading and motivating a small care team
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• A genuine passion for delivering outstanding person-centred care

Competitive Pay and Benefits

• Enhanced weekend and bank holiday rates (where applicable)
• Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing
• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
• Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Why Bupa?

At Bupa, there are no shareholders — our focus is entirely on people.

We’ve been caring for over 75 years, and we’re here to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

We also believe in creating workplaces where everyone can “Be You at Bupa” — inclusive, supportive and genuinely welcoming.

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