Post:                                Care Assistant  Night Duty/Day Duty/Bank
Reports to:                    Nurse in charge
Salary:                            £9.86 per Hour dependent on qualification
Location:                       The Somme Nursing Home, 121 Circular Road Belfast BT4 2NA
Contract Type:             Permanent with 6 Months Probation period
Hours Per week:         Bank/ Part Time (24 hours),  Full Time  ( 36 hours)  per week excluding breaks
Job Closing Date:        Ongoing
Interview Date:             On going

For Application Pack contact : admin@sommenursing.org

The Somme Nursing home is a charity providing treatment and quality care for service and ex-service persons since 1914.  It is registered as a general category nursing home with the Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority.   A home that is light and spacious with 50 ground floor single en-suite beds.  A home that is conveniently located  on the Circular Road, a semi-rural setting off the Holywood Road,  a quiet, leafy residential area creating an atmosphere of tranquillity.

Our Philosophy of Care incorporates the provision of a high quality care delivery to our residents, which is tailored to individual need and embraces the core values of the promotion of dignity, choice, and preservation of citizens’ rights, independence, self-determination and privacy.

We strive to create a homely environment, where love, compassion and understanding of the unique needs of the ex-service resident is paramount to our delivery of care.  We encourage the involvement of both resident and the family to provide a holistically unique service in which residents’ needs are met.

Job Description

Principal responsibilities

For application pack. please contact: reception@sommenursing.org