Care Home roles in Colchester
If you want care home work in Colchester, 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.
Where you would be based in Colchester
Colchester Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Lexden and Greenstead, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Essex County Council commissions much of the care in the area, and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Lexden, Greenstead, Highwoods and Prettygate and out towards Shrub End, Stanway and Mile End. CO1, CO2, CO3 and CO4 come up most often, and work extends through Essex.
What the role involves
- ✓ 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
Hours, shifts and contracts
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Shrub End 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 Highwoods.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Greenstead is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
Who we are looking for
- ✓Reliability and a genuinely person-centred approach
- ✓NMC registration if you are applying for a Registered Nurse post
- ✓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
Why people stay with us
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Lexden and Shrub End, 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 Colchester itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Ipswich and Chelmsford 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 Prettygate. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Care Home Jobs in Colchester, 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 Colchester 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 Colchester 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 Lexden, Greenstead, Highwoods, Prettygate and Shrub End, covering CO1, CO2, CO3 and CO4, and out into Essex. Colchester 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 Colchester
Looking for work in Colchester?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Lexden, Highwoods and the wider Essex area.