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Key details
Pay Rate
£14.00 - £30.00
Location
Penzance
About the role
Night Healthcare Assistant
Frances Bolitho Care Home
Penzance, Cornwall
Part-time or Full-time
At Frances Bolitho Care Home, we're looking for caring, compassionate Healthcare Assistants to join our dedicated night team.
To be considered for this role, you'll ideally hold a Care Certificate or a recognised qualification in Health and Social Care. If you're an experienced carer who doesn't yet hold a Care Certificate but is committed to achieving one, we may be able to support you by offering an initial period on day shifts to complete your induction and Care Certificate before moving into a permanent night position.
We believe in recognising potential, nurturing talent and investing in our people. From your first day, you'll receive the training, encouragement and support needed to build a rewarding career while making a real difference to the lives of our residents.
As a Night Healthcare Assistant, you'll help create a safe, comfortable and reassuring environment where residents feel respected, valued and supported throughout the night. You'll deliver high-quality, person-centred care, build meaningful relationships and work as part of a close-knit team committed to providing exceptional care.
For experienced Healthcare Assistants who are ready to progress, we offer a clear development pathway to become an Enhanced Healthcare Assistant. With the support of our Team Leads and Care Coordinators, you'll complete training and competency assessments in the safe administration of medication and basic clinical observations. Once signed off as competent, you'll take on additional responsibilities, support medication rounds, and help mentor Healthcare Assistants within the Night team.
Why Join Us?
✔️ £500 Joining Bonus for Night Care Assistants
✔️ £500 refer-a-friend bonus
✔️ Loyalty bonus
✔️ Reward & recognition schemes to celebrate your hard work
✔️Full training and ongoing support – no experience needed
✔️ A welcoming, supportive team who feel like family
✔️ Real opportunities to grow and develop your career
✔️ Competitive pay with enhanced weekend & bank holiday rates
Your Role:
You’ll provide compassionate care, emotional reassurance, and practical support, while also taking on additional responsibilities such as medication administration and supporting the team in the absence of the Night Coordinator.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supporting residents with personal care, including continence care, and repositioning
- Carrying out regular welfare checks and night observations
- Responding promptly to call bells with care and compassion
- Providing comfort, reassurance, and companionship during the night
- Administering medication safely (following training and competency sign-off)
- Monitoring residents’ health and wellbeing and reporting any changes or concerns
- Maintaining accurate digital records using care systems
- Supporting the smooth running of the shift and guiding colleagues when needed Ensuring a calm, safe, and secure environment at all times
- Following care plans to deliver truly person-centred care
What We’re Looking For:
- Experienced HCA (minimum Care Certificate required)
- A kind, calm, and empathetic nature
- Experience in care (ideally with dementia or complex needs)
- Confidence to take on responsibility and support others on shift
- Medication training (or willingness to complete)
- Basic IT skills for digital record-keeping
- Strong team player with a positive attitude
Development Pathways:
We believe in investing in our people through qualifications and mentoring.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll have the opportunity to progress to an Enhanced Healthcare Assistant role through our comprehensive training and competency programme.
This development pathway will enable you to:
- Safely administer medication following competency assessments.
- Carry out basic clinical observations and report concerns appropriately.
- Lead by example, promoting high standards of person-centred care.
- Support and mentor new colleagues during their induction and development.
- Work alongside Team Leads to support the smooth running of each shift.
- Build the knowledge and confidence needed to progress into senior care roles in the futur
Pay Scale - Night Healthcare Assistant
£14.00 per hour
£17.50 per hour (weekends)
£15.47 per hour (bank holidays)
Pay Scale - Enhanced Night Healthcare Assistant
£15.00 per hour
£18.75 per hour (weekends)
£30.00 per hour (bank holidays)
Apply now and begin a rewarding journey in care with a team that values you.
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please note that all roles are subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and confirmation of the right to work in the UK.
We are NOT able to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this role.
However, we welcome applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK, including those on Student or Graduate visas. We are able to offer contracts of up to 20 hours per week where this is in line with the conditions of your visa.
If you’re looking for a role where you can make a difference every single day, we’d love to hear from you.
Full job description available on request.
Frances Bolitho Care Home
Penzance, Cornwall
Part-time or Full-time
At Frances Bolitho Care Home, we're looking for caring, compassionate Healthcare Assistants to join our dedicated night team.
To be considered for this role, you'll ideally hold a Care Certificate or a recognised qualification in Health and Social Care. If you're an experienced carer who doesn't yet hold a Care Certificate but is committed to achieving one, we may be able to support you by offering an initial period on day shifts to complete your induction and Care Certificate before moving into a permanent night position.
We believe in recognising potential, nurturing talent and investing in our people. From your first day, you'll receive the training, encouragement and support needed to build a rewarding career while making a real difference to the lives of our residents.
As a Night Healthcare Assistant, you'll help create a safe, comfortable and reassuring environment where residents feel respected, valued and supported throughout the night. You'll deliver high-quality, person-centred care, build meaningful relationships and work as part of a close-knit team committed to providing exceptional care.
For experienced Healthcare Assistants who are ready to progress, we offer a clear development pathway to become an Enhanced Healthcare Assistant. With the support of our Team Leads and Care Coordinators, you'll complete training and competency assessments in the safe administration of medication and basic clinical observations. Once signed off as competent, you'll take on additional responsibilities, support medication rounds, and help mentor Healthcare Assistants within the Night team.
Why Join Us?
✔️ £500 Joining Bonus for Night Care Assistants
✔️ £500 refer-a-friend bonus
✔️ Loyalty bonus
✔️ Reward & recognition schemes to celebrate your hard work
✔️Full training and ongoing support – no experience needed
✔️ A welcoming, supportive team who feel like family
✔️ Real opportunities to grow and develop your career
✔️ Competitive pay with enhanced weekend & bank holiday rates
Your Role:
You’ll provide compassionate care, emotional reassurance, and practical support, while also taking on additional responsibilities such as medication administration and supporting the team in the absence of the Night Coordinator.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Supporting residents with personal care, including continence care, and repositioning
- Carrying out regular welfare checks and night observations
- Responding promptly to call bells with care and compassion
- Providing comfort, reassurance, and companionship during the night
- Administering medication safely (following training and competency sign-off)
- Monitoring residents’ health and wellbeing and reporting any changes or concerns
- Maintaining accurate digital records using care systems
- Supporting the smooth running of the shift and guiding colleagues when needed Ensuring a calm, safe, and secure environment at all times
- Following care plans to deliver truly person-centred care
What We’re Looking For:
- Experienced HCA (minimum Care Certificate required)
- A kind, calm, and empathetic nature
- Experience in care (ideally with dementia or complex needs)
- Confidence to take on responsibility and support others on shift
- Medication training (or willingness to complete)
- Basic IT skills for digital record-keeping
- Strong team player with a positive attitude
Development Pathways:
We believe in investing in our people through qualifications and mentoring.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll have the opportunity to progress to an Enhanced Healthcare Assistant role through our comprehensive training and competency programme.
This development pathway will enable you to:
- Safely administer medication following competency assessments.
- Carry out basic clinical observations and report concerns appropriately.
- Lead by example, promoting high standards of person-centred care.
- Support and mentor new colleagues during their induction and development.
- Work alongside Team Leads to support the smooth running of each shift.
- Build the knowledge and confidence needed to progress into senior care roles in the futur
Pay Scale - Night Healthcare Assistant
£14.00 per hour
£17.50 per hour (weekends)
£15.47 per hour (bank holidays)
Pay Scale - Enhanced Night Healthcare Assistant
£15.00 per hour
£18.75 per hour (weekends)
£30.00 per hour (bank holidays)
Apply now and begin a rewarding journey in care with a team that values you.
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.
Please note that all roles are subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check and confirmation of the right to work in the UK.
We are NOT able to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this role.
However, we welcome applications from individuals who already have the right to work in the UK, including those on Student or Graduate visas. We are able to offer contracts of up to 20 hours per week where this is in line with the conditions of your visa.
If you’re looking for a role where you can make a difference every single day, we’d love to hear from you.
Full job description available on request.
What we offer our staff
Training and development
Blue-light cards
£500 Joining Bonus for Night Care Assistants
£500 refer-a-friend bonus
Loyalty bonus
Reward & recognition schemes to celebrate your hard work
Other essentials
Previous Experience required
About Cornwallis Care Services Ltd
Cornwallis Care Services Ltd started life as a family run business in 1989 and is now one of the largest care providers in Cornwall. We support and care for over 300 people in our residential and nursing homes across the county. From Looe to Penzance, we have a total of 10 care homes and even our own inhouse agency.
Cornwallis Care Services offer long and short-term accommodation and respite care for adults aged 65 plus; many of our residents are living with dementia or other cognitive impairments, some of whom may have complex health needs. Through person centred care we can empower the residents and their loved ones to actively participate in the care, treatment, and daily activities that they receive or partake in.
Here at Cornwallis, we celebrate and acknowledge acts of kindness and we call these ‘Making Moments Matter’. Why not take a look at our website and Facebook page to see more of how we celebrate staff and residents’ moments that matter across our care homes.
Cornwallis Xtra Agency was born in 2018 with the desire to maintain continuity with high quality carers, while providing our residents with the reassurance of a familiar face. This allows us to accommodate staff members wanting more flexibility and a work life balance.
“We want to shout out loud, that our care workers are skilled professionals, who are there day in and day out, in the snow, pouring rain and scorching sun, at night, at Christmas and during the COVID-19 pandemic and we are very PROUD of them all”, says Managing Director, Stuart Clarkson. “People go into the care profession because they care; want to look after people; and because making other people happy is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world.
If you’re a people person, who has compassion and empathy, with the want to improve the lives of others, be that big or small, we would love to hear from you. Whether you have previous experience or not we have a friendly team who will support, train and mentor you into a career in care that you can truly be proud of.
Cornwallis Care Services offer long and short-term accommodation and respite care for adults aged 65 plus; many of our residents are living with dementia or other cognitive impairments, some of whom may have complex health needs. Through person centred care we can empower the residents and their loved ones to actively participate in the care, treatment, and daily activities that they receive or partake in.
Here at Cornwallis, we celebrate and acknowledge acts of kindness and we call these ‘Making Moments Matter’. Why not take a look at our website and Facebook page to see more of how we celebrate staff and residents’ moments that matter across our care homes.
Cornwallis Xtra Agency was born in 2018 with the desire to maintain continuity with high quality carers, while providing our residents with the reassurance of a familiar face. This allows us to accommodate staff members wanting more flexibility and a work life balance.
“We want to shout out loud, that our care workers are skilled professionals, who are there day in and day out, in the snow, pouring rain and scorching sun, at night, at Christmas and during the COVID-19 pandemic and we are very PROUD of them all”, says Managing Director, Stuart Clarkson. “People go into the care profession because they care; want to look after people; and because making other people happy is one of the most rewarding jobs in the world.
If you’re a people person, who has compassion and empathy, with the want to improve the lives of others, be that big or small, we would love to hear from you. Whether you have previous experience or not we have a friendly team who will support, train and mentor you into a career in care that you can truly be proud of.
