Care Home roles in Southend-on-Sea
Care home work in Southend-on-Sea 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.
Southend-on-Sea and the area we cover
Southend University Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Leigh-on-Sea and Chalkwell draw staff from the same pool. South Essex NHS Foundation Trust runs services locally, with Southend-on-Sea City Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea and Chalkwell, with regular work further out at Thorpe Bay, Shoeburyness and Prittlewell. Postings run through SS0, SS3 and SS9, including out at Eastwood.
What you would be doing
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Supporting residents at mealtimes and with nutrition
- ✓ Mobility support and safe moving and handling
Shifts, and how they are booked
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Shoeburyness on earlies and Prittlewell on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Leigh-on-Sea and Southchurch.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Chalkwell to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What we look for
- ✓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
- ✓Reliability and a genuinely person-centred approach
What we do for you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which Essex services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Southend-on-Sea itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Basildon, Medway and Chelmsford are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Southend-on-Sea both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Leigh-on-Sea, 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 Southend-on-Sea, 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 Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea 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 Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff-on-Sea, Chalkwell, Thorpe Bay and Shoeburyness, covering SS0, SS3, SS9 and SS1, and out into Essex. Southend 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 Southend-on-Sea
Looking for work in Southend-on-Sea?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Leigh-on-Sea, Chalkwell and the wider Essex area.