Care Home roles in Medway
Care home work in Medway suits people who want to know the people they look after rather than meet someone new every day. Protocol Healthcare Services fills shifts and permanent posts in nursing and residential settings, for nurses and for care staff alike.
Where the work is in Medway
Medway Maritime Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Chatham and Rochester draw staff from the same pool. Medway NHS Foundation Trust runs services locally, with Medway Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Chatham, Gillingham and Rochester, with regular work further out at Strood, Rainham and Walderslade. Postings run across Kent.
The job day to day
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Clear record keeping and handover between shifts
When you would work
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Rainham on earlies and Walderslade on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Chatham and Wainscott.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Rochester to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
Before you apply
- ✓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
Working with Protocol
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Kent services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Medway itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Maidstone, Basildon and Southend-on-Sea are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Medway both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Chatham, and we will do the rest. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Care Home Jobs in Medway, 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 Medway 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 Medway 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 Chatham, Gillingham, Rochester, Strood and Rainham, and out into Kent. Medway Maritime 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 Medway
Looking for work in Medway?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Chatham, Rochester and the wider Kent area.