Care Home roles in Bedford
If you want care home work in Bedford, on days, nights or weekends, Protocol Healthcare Services can put you in front of the settings that are hiring. We recruit across the whole team, from Healthcare Assistants through to Registered Nurses.
Bedford and the area we cover
Bedford Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Kempston and Goldington, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Bedford Borough Council commissions much of the care in the area, and Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Kempston, Goldington, Brickhill and Putnoe and out towards Queens Park, Castle and Harpur. MK40, MK43, MK45 and MK44 come up most often, and work extends through Bedfordshire.
What you would be doing
- ✓ Supporting residents at mealtimes and with nutrition
- ✓ Mobility support and safe moving and handling
- ✓ Medication support appropriate to your role and training
- ✓ Activities, companionship and keeping families informed
- ✓ Clear record keeping and handover between shifts
- ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
Shifts, and how they are booked
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Queens Park work three or four shifts and keep the rest of the week their own. Most people settle into a handful of regular services, often within a few miles of Brickhill.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Goldington is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
What we look for
- ✓Previous care home experience is helpful but not always required
- ✓An enhanced DBS check, which we can arrange
- ✓The right to work in the UK
- ✓Reliability and a genuinely person-centred approach
- ✓NMC registration if you are applying for a Registered Nurse post
What we do for you
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Kempston and Queens Park, and is reachable when a shift throws something up. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Bedford itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Milton Keynes and Luton often suits the same people, so tell us how far you are willing to go.
Send your availability and what you are qualified for, and a consultant will call you back about work around Putnoe. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Care Home Jobs in Bedford, answered
Not always. Previous care home experience is helpful but not always required We provide training, and your consultant will match you to settings around Bedford that fit what you have done before.
Day, night and weekend shifts, on full-time and part-time patterns. You set your availability and we work to it. Once you are established we can offer regular ongoing shifts rather than one-offs.
Both. We recruit for temporary and permanent positions, and many people start on agency shifts around Bedford before moving into a permanent post once they have found a service that suits them.
Across nursing homes, residential homes, dementia units and specialist care settings. In practice that means Kempston, Goldington, Brickhill, Putnoe and Queens Park, covering MK40, MK43, MK45 and MK44, and out into Bedfordshire. Bedford Hospital is the main hospital in the area.
We have immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Once your registration, right-to-work and DBS checks are in place, shifts can usually follow quickly. Call 020 8951 4510 or send us your details to get started.
Care Home Jobs near Bedford
Looking for work in Bedford?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Kempston, Brickhill and the wider Bedfordshire area.