Care Home roles in Dartford
Protocol Healthcare Services recruits for nursing and residential homes in and around Dartford, covering everything from a single shift to a permanent contract. We place Registered Nurses, Healthcare Assistants, senior carers and support staff.
Where you would be based in Dartford
Work comes up near Town Centre, Stone and Greenhithe, much of it within reach of Darent Valley Hospital. Between Gravesham NHS Trust and Kent County Council, most of what we staff around Swanscombe sits under one of the two.
Shifts land right across the patch: Town Centre, Stone and Greenhithe one week, Swanscombe, Wilmington and Temple Hill the next. If you are based around DA1 or DA2, you are inside the area we cover most heavily.
What the role involves
- ✓ Clear record keeping and handover between shifts
- ✓ Personal care, washing, dressing and continence support
- ✓ 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
Hours, shifts and contracts
Full-time and part-time patterns both work. If Temple Hill is easier for you to reach than Joydens Wood, say so and the rota follows it. Once you are established we keep the work regular rather than sporadic, usually in the same two or three services around Joydens Wood.
We recruit for temporary and permanent posts. Trying several settings between Town Centre and Swanscombe first tends to make the permanent choice obvious.
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
We are a two-office team, not a call centre. The person booking your Kent shifts knows which settings suit you. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Dartford itself, which we would rather say plainly.
If you can travel, there is steady work in Bexley, Barking and Romford as well, and many people cover two of those alongside Dartford.
Tell us which parts of Kent you can reach and we will match you to what is open. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Care Home Jobs in Dartford, 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 Dartford 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 Dartford 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 Town Centre, Stone, Greenhithe, Swanscombe and Wilmington, covering DA1, DA2, DA4 and DA9, and out into Kent. Darent Valley 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.
Looking for work in Dartford?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Town Centre, Greenhithe and the wider Kent area.