Health Care Assistant

Job description

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Position: Health Care Assistant

Care home: Hylton Grange

Location: 1 Poole Road, Sunderland, SR4 0HG

Contract type: Permanent – must be flexible for days and nights shifts, various hours full time or part time

Rate: £12.21 per hour (£12.31 per hour on completion of Exemplar care certificate)

Are you a caring, compassionate and cheerful person with lots to give? Join us as our new Health Care Assistant at Hylton Grange care home in Sunderland.

As a Health Care Assistant, you'll support adults living with complex care needs to live their best lives.

This role will give you a tremendous sense of achievement and pride – you'll be making a real difference each and every day.

About Exemplar Health CareHylton Grange is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

Hylton Grange supports 30 adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro‐disabilities including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease across three units.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About The RoleOur Health Care Assistants support people to live their best lives, whatever that looks like to them.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

supporting people with their personal care

assisting people at meal times

understanding individual health and wellbeing needs

encouraging and supporting people to take part in social activities, both in and out of the home

promoting choice, dignity, independence and respect

completing and maintaining care records

About YouWe value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren't essential for this role.

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our Exemplar Health Care values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

caring, kind, understanding and calm

able to deal with, and defuse, challenging situations

energetic and outgoing, with a positive, can‐do attitude

a great listener and communicator

You'll put people at the heart of everything you do.

If you haven't worked in the care sector before, we'll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

What we offer

regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects

access to wages before payday

retail and lifestyle discounts

free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

How to applySound good? We'd love to hear from you. Click the button to 'APPLY NOW'.

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We're unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation.

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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

North Shields

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

26-05-2026

Profession type

Home Care Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English