General Assistant - Bank

NHS

  • Wadhurst, East Sussex
  • £14.24 per hour
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 23 days ago
As a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help provide quality care and support for residents. This wide-reaching role involves responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering, allowing you to play a part in creating a warm and homely environment for the residents.Main duties of the jobThe General Assistant role at Barchester Healthcare involves a diverse range of responsibilities, including housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, and catering tasks. This role is crucial in ensuring the care home provides a warm and comfortable environment for residents. As a General Assistant, you'll need to be reliable, compassionate, and always ready to make a difference. Barchester Healthcare offers a competitive salary and a great rewards package, including free training and development opportunities.About usBarchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care homes in the UK. The company is committed to delivering the best possible care and support for its residents, and it employs a team of dedicated and skilled professionals to achieve this goal. Barchester Healthcare operates a network of care homes across the country, providing a range of services to meet the diverse needs of its residents.DetailsDate posted12 August 2025Pay schemeOtherSalary£14.24 an hourContractBankWorking patternFlexible workingReference number1361107880Job locationsBarchester HealthcareWadhurstTN5 6RYJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesABOUT THE ROLEAs a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help us provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. No two days will be the same as you take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering. It's because this is such a wide-reaching role that you'll be able to play your own part in creating a warm and homely environment. Caring and empathetic, as a General Assistant you'll put our residents first and build the kind of positive professional relationships with them that make their experience with us happy and meaningful.ABOUT YOUPeople in a General Assistant role come from all walks of life and have all kinds of life experiences and career paths behind them. You'll be a big part of our home so what matters is that you're reliable, compassionate, caring and always ready to make a difference. You should be practical too, happy to turn your hand to different tasks. If you have all of this, our training will cover everything else you need to thrive. You'll also have the opportunity to take courses that will develop your skills even further.REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus schemeIf you'd like to use your can-do approach and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.0508 Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesABOUT THE ROLEAs a General Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll carry out a range of tasks to help us provide the quality care and support our residents deserve. No two days will be the same as you take on diverse responsibilities across housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and catering. It's because this is such a wide-reaching role that you'll be able to play your own part in creating a warm and homely environment. Caring and empathetic, as a General Assistant you'll put our residents first and build the kind of positive professional relationships with them that make their experience with us happy and meaningful.ABOUT YOUPeople in a General Assistant role come from all walks of life and have all kinds of life experiences and career paths behind them. You'll be a big part of our home so what matters is that you're reliable, compassionate, caring and always ready to make a difference. You should be practical too, happy to turn your hand to different tasks. If you have all of this, our training will cover everything else you need to thrive. You'll also have the opportunity to take courses that will develop your skills even further.REWARDS PACKAGEAs well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus schemeIf you'd like to use your can-do approach and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.0508Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • No specific qualifications are required for this role, as Barchester Healthcare provides comprehensive training and development opportunities. What's important is that you have a caring and empathetic nature, and a practical approach to tasks.
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • No specific qualifications are required for this role, as Barchester Healthcare provides comprehensive training and development opportunities. What's important is that you have a caring and empathetic nature, and a practical approach to tasks.

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