Care Assistant - Bank

BUPA Care Homes (CFCHomes) Ltd

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Cheltenham Until 8/23/2026 First posted June 3, 2025 Last posted December 12, 2025
Job description

Job Description:

Job Description

Care Assistant - Bank

Richmond Villages Cheltenham, Hatherley Lane, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN

£12.75 per hour (10% enhancement for nights)

Bank positions available:

We make health happen

At Bupa, we provide support when it's needed most, and our Richmond Villages Cheltenham offer luxury retirement living, an aspirational lifestyle for our residents, and our top-tier accommodation is matched by superior service. We provide person-centred care that supports independence and respects individual choice, enabling our residents to lead their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10.

Our care assistant is the hero with a heart, whose superpower is turning everyday care into award-winning acts of kindness. They’re the reason our home is a beacon of warmth and well-being.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

  • Assisting residents with a high standard of clinical, social and emotional care. Recognising and meeting the specific needs of residents
  • Supporting residents with a wide range of differing requirements from companionship to personal care
  • Being part of a team supporting the nurse or senior care assistant in monitoring our residents and reporting changes
  • Communicating with residents’ families, friends and other healthcare professionals

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

Flexible working patterns to fit around you
Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
Free meal (minimum 8 hour shift)
DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.  

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Care Home – Care Assistants

Locations:

Richmond Village Cheltenham
About this role

Summary

Assist residents with personal, social, and emotional care, supporting nurses and communicating with families.

Job title

Care Assistant - Bank

Experience level

entry level

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Cheltenham, UK; remote work not allowed

Salary

£12.75 per hour (plus night enhancement)

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

compassioncommunicationteamwork

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

personal careclinical supportsocial care
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Cheltenham, UK

On-site City