Senior Health Care Assistant

Exemplar Health Care is hiring a permanent Senior Health Care Assistant at Hylton Grange care home on Poole Road, Sunderland. Shifts are 12 hours, days and nights, including weekends. Hylton Grange supports 30 adults with complex mental health needs and neuro-disabilities such as Huntington's and Parkinson's disease across three units, with up to six staff on each unit of around ten people.

What you'll do

• Work with the Nurse in Charge to lead a small care team
• Help people with personal care, meals and activities
• Promote choice, dignity and independence
• Motivate and support care colleagues
• Make sure care records are completed to a high standard

What they're looking for
Relevant experience, a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care, and Maths and English at GCSE grade C or above (or functional skills).

Pay and benefits stated by Exemplar: £13.27 per hour, supervision and career prospects, access to wages before payday, retail and lifestyle discounts, a free DBS check, 24/7 counselling and Blue Light Card eligibility. Exemplar says applicants must already have the right to work in the UK, as it cannot sponsor visas. The closing date is 25 November 2026.

Apply directly on Exemplar Health Care's website using the button on this page.