Senior care worker Review

I am responsible for administering medication to residents to ensure their health and well being is maintained. I assist with personal care and ensure care plans are up to date. I am a leader and lead a team of care staff to ensure our residents are safe and looked after

Since my employment I have learnt how to manage a team of care staff to ensure my staff are up to date with their training and are working safely, I work with other professionals such as GPS and District Nurses to ensure our residents health is maintained to give them quality of life.

I enjoy learning new things and putting them in practice daily. All our residents needs are different and as a senior carer I need to be up to date with all policies and procedures due to them changing as well as ensuring I am administering medication safely and also effectively

Due to me working on night shifts my tutor has agreed to contact me during the night as I had fallen behind with my course. Thanks to her I am now back on track. I don’t feel overloaded with units sent to me and she is always there to support me

I receive support from my employer by attending training on days to suit my working hours so I am not too tired after working nights even though my manager is training herself due to a promotion. I know I have support at anytime of the day from all senior members of staff if my manager is not available

I receive support from my trainer day and night when needed. I work night shifts and is hard to stabilise my working shifts. I fell behind with my training and once I had spoken to my tutor she agreed to contact me during the night shift when quiet to catch up

Knowing that policies are always changing my qualification ensures I am up to date with the current legislations at the time and i can then inform my staff of further training for the policies that have changed to ensure they’re kept up to date and working safely and effectively

I don’t think there is. I’m not sure that they even could be due to working night shifts. However if residents are awake during the night and are struggling to settle to sleep myself and my night staff encourage activities to keep them occupied and their mind active

Yes

Since working for Bupa I have been a lot happier in my working role. My manager pushes you to progress in the company which is always something I have wanted to do since coming into care work. The management are supportive of their staff and offer other opportunities such as nursing associate courses etc

Don’t overload your working hours, it’s easy to do due to sickness and the current covid 19 but just remember they have a life outside of work too and the balance needs to be maintained. Don’t take on too much training all at once and don’t forget to seek support if needed from senior members of staff. We have been there too .