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Health Care Assistant – Zero Hours
Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience and skills
(£12.30 per hour - £18.45 weekend rate per hour) + Benefits (see below)
Hours: Zero Hours – Flexible to suit you and as and when required
Based at Ampleforth Abbey YO62 4EN – (based on site) – must be able to travel to site
Closing date: 14th November 2025
Benefits
Free meal during working hours
Free on-site parking
20% discount at the Abbey Shop
About Ampleforth Abbey
Ampleforth Abbey is home to the UK’s largest Benedictine monastic community, rooted in the Rule of St Benedict.
Located in the Howardian Hills near York, the Abbey sits within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and welcomes thousands of visitors each year to its Retreat Centre, Visitor Centre, Shop and Tea Room.
Ampleforth Abbey Trust, a registered charity, works alongside the monastic community to support this mission. With around 60 lay staff, the Trust delivers on a five-year strategy, choosing a Future Together, to ensure a sustainable, faith-led future for the Abbey and its valley home, however the role does not require a faith or belief.
We are looking for Bank Staff to work in our beautiful and unique 10 bed infirmary providing bespoke care for our whole Monastic Community. Supporting diverse needs from chronic disease management and palliative care to minor illness and injury support and treatment. Working in an environment that embraces the opportunity and delivers the principles of nursing care.
Main Responsibilities but not limited to:-
Carry out clinical practise, under the direction of the monastery team
Assisting with bathing and personal hygiene.
Assisting with dressing and nutritional needs.
Making and changing beds.
Dispensing medication and reordering prescriptions.
Assisting with mobilisation including hoist and wheelchair use.
Recording nursing care plans including relevant assessments.
Undertake any other reasonable duties required in line with capabilities, the needs of the company, and the wider group.
Experience
You will have:
5 years’ experience of working at this level.
NVQ Level 2
Skills and Attributes
Strong skills in undertaking duties and completing tasks with care and compassion.
An understanding of Ampleforth Abbey Trust and the Infirmary.
Personal resilience and ability to respond positively to pressure.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Integrity and diplomacy.
Proactive style and work ethic.
High standards, methodical and diligent, with a high attention to detail.
Ampleforth Abbey Trust is committed to the highest standards of safeguarding. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Interested in this Health Care Assistant role? If you feel that you possess the relevant skills and experience, then please submit your CV.
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