Care Home roles in Durham
If you want care home work in Durham, 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 the work is in Durham
University Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Gilesgate and Neville's Cross, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Durham County Council commissions much of the care in the area, and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Gilesgate, Neville's Cross, Framwellgate Moor and Newton Hall and out towards Belmont, Crossgate Moor and Shincliffe. DH1, DH6 and DH7 come up most often, and work extends through County Durham.
The job day to day
- ✓ Activities, companionship and keeping families informed
- ✓ 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
When you would work
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Belmont 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 Framwellgate Moor.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Neville's Cross is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
Before you apply
- ✓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
- ✓Previous care home experience is helpful but not always required
- ✓An enhanced DBS check, which we can arrange
Working with Protocol
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Gilesgate and Belmont, 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 Durham itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Sunderland and Gateshead 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 Newton Hall. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Care Home Jobs in Durham, 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 Durham 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 Durham 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 Gilesgate, Neville's Cross, Framwellgate Moor, Newton Hall and Belmont, covering DH1, DH6 and DH7, and out into County Durham. University 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 Durham
Looking for work in Durham?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Gilesgate, Framwellgate Moor and the wider County Durham area.