Home Care and Healthcare Staffing in Chesterfield

Chesterfield • Derbyshire

Trusted care and staffing across Chesterfield

Protocol Healthcare Services works with families and care providers across Chesterfield and the wider Derbyshire area. For families we arrange home care that helps a loved one stay safe and independent in their own home, from a short daily visit through to full live-in support. For care providers we supply qualified nurses, carers and support workers, drawing on more than ten years of experience matching the right people to the right settings.

We are honest about how we work. Our offices are based in the South of England, in Edgware and Bournemouth, so we do not run a branch in Chesterfield. What we do is coordinate home care for local families and, as an REC-affiliated healthcare staffing agency with genuinely national reach, place vetted professionals into Chesterfield settings. Every carer and nurse is checked with an enhanced DBS, right to work and references, with training completed before anyone starts and a consultant on hand around the clock.

Home care we arrange in Chesterfield

• ✓ Live-in care for round the clock support
• ✓ Hourly visiting care from 30 minute calls
• ✓ Personal care, washing and dressing
• ✓ Medication support and prompting
• ✓ Dementia, Parkinson's and complex care
• ✓ Respite and emergency cover
• ✓ Private nursing at home
• ✓ Companionship and help getting out and about

Local knowledge across Chesterfield

Chesterfield is Derbyshire's second largest town, known across the country for the twisted, leaning Crooked Spire of the Church of St Mary and All Saints, which has watched over the market place since the 14th century. Home care needs vary widely across the town, from the terraced streets of Brampton and Spital to the family suburbs of Walton and Holme Hall, and out to Staveley and Brimington to the east. We tailor support to the person and the place rather than offering a one size fits all service, whether that is in the S40 postcode to the west and south or the S41 areas closer to the town centre.

We regularly support people returning home after a stay at Chesterfield Royal Hospital in Calow, which is run by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and serves more than 400,000 people across north Derbyshire. The first weeks back at home matter a great deal, so we help with medication routines, mobility and rehabilitation support and stay in close contact with families and community teams as part of a smooth hospital to home transition.

Adult social care for the town is overseen by Derbyshire County Council, the county authority for the area, rather than by the borough council. If you think a relative may qualify for help with funding, you can ask the county council for a free care needs assessment, followed by a financial assessment. Many families we work with self-fund their care, and we are always happy to explain how the different routes work. You can read more on our paying for care guide.

Staffing for care providers in Chesterfield

Care homes, supported living services, hospitals and community teams across Chesterfield rely on dependable staffing, and that is where our staffing side comes in. Although our base is in the South of England, our staffing reach is national, so we can supply NMC-registered nurses and midwives, support workers, mental health professionals and learning disability specialists to providers in and around Chesterfield, from a single shift to a fully managed rota and permanent placements. Every professional is vetted to the same high standard, so you get reliable cover without the compliance headache. You can see the full range on our staffing services page.

Areas of Chesterfield we cover

We arrange home care and coordinate staffing across the town and the wider Derbyshire area, including:

• Brampton
• Hasland
• Newbold
• Whittington
• Old Whittington
• Spital
• Walton
• Holme Hall
• Brimington
• Staveley
• Boythorpe
• Loundsley Green