Senior Care Assistant
Senior Care Assistant
Closing date: 30th November 2025
Are you an experienced Senior Care Assistant looking for a rewarding role or looking to take the next step in your career?
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is home to the Chelsea Pensioners – retired soldiers who receive both sheltered accommodation and full nursing care in a community built on camaraderie, dignity, and respect.
We are looking for a Senior Care Assistant to join our Health & Wellbeing team, helping to deliver exceptional care and lead by example in upholding our core values:
- Nurture Belonging – unite through comradeship
- Respect Individuals – listen and act
- Encourage Pride – commit to high standards
- Enjoy Life – make people smile
What you will be doing:
As a Senior Care Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the wellbeing of our Pensioners, including:
- Leading by example in delivering high-quality personal care
- Supporting and mentoring junior care staff
- Promoting dignity, independence, and individual choice
- Contributing to social activities and supporting the Activities Team
- Maintaining accurate care plan records
- Reporting on wellbeing and liaising with the wider care team
What We Are Looking For:
- Proven experience in a care setting, ideally with older people
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team
- Experience or willingness to support medication administration
- Good literacy, numeracy, and basic IT skills
- Understanding of good care principles and CQC standards
- Commitment to working towards or holding a Care Certificate or equivalent
Important Information:
- Right to work in the UK is essential – unfortunately, the Royal Hospital Chelsea does not hold a sponsorship licence.
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply early.
Why work with us? This is an opportunity to work in a setting where your role directly contributes to the lives of those who have served our country.
About Us
The ethos of the Royal Hospital is one that puts a premium on selflessness and companionship. Our values of nurturing belonging, respect individuals, encourage pride and enjoy life underpin that ethos. We are united in a shared purpose, living and working together and ensuring everyone has a place in our diverse social and military community.
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is dedicated to equality, diversity, and inclusion, where all backgrounds and abilities can reach their full potential. We pride ourselves on attracting a wide range of talent, removing potential barriers, and promoting equal opportunities. We know, the more varied and inclusive our teams are, the better our organisation will be for our community. We are a Disability Confident employer dedicated to hiring diverse talent and ensuring you are treated with respect throughout the recruitment process and upon joining our community.
Our selection process
Should your application be successful you will be invited to a formal interview, where you will be asked questions relating to your experiences and key requirements of the role. If you are successful after the interviews we will:
- Ask for references from those you have listed on your application form
- Check your right to live and work in the UK
- Check any declarations you have made on your application form
- Ask you to complete a medical form
- Carry out an Enhanced DBS application.