Healthcare Assistant roles in Barking
If you are looking for Healthcare Assistant work in Barking, whether that is a few shifts a week around study or family, or a full-time permanent post, Protocol Healthcare Services can help you find it.
Where the work is in Barking
Queen's Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Barking Town Centre and Gascoigne, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust commissions much of the care in the area.
We fill posts in Barking Town Centre, Gascoigne, Abbey and Thames View and out towards Eastbury, Upney and Creekmouth. IG11 and RM8 come up most often, and work extends through London.
The job day to day
- ✓ Companionship, conversation and keeping people connected
- ✓ Reporting changes and keeping clear records
- ✓ Helping people wash, dress and stay comfortable
- ✓ Supporting with meals, drinks and nutrition
- ✓ Assisting with mobility and safe moving and handling
- ✓ Taking and recording clinical observations under supervision
When you would work
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Eastbury 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 Abbey.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Gascoigne is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
Before you apply
- ✓Previous care experience is welcome but not essential, as training is provided
- ✓An enhanced DBS check, which we can arrange
- ✓The right to work in the UK
- ✓A caring, patient and reliable approach
- ✓Good spoken and written communication
Working with Protocol
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Barking Town Centre and Eastbury, 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 Barking itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Ilford and Newham 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 Thames View. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Barking, answered
Not always. Previous care experience is welcome but not essential, as training is provided We provide training, and your consultant will match you to settings around Barking 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 Barking before moving into a permanent post once they have found a service that suits them.
Across nursing homes, residential care, supported living, community services and NHS settings. In practice that means Barking Town Centre, Gascoigne, Abbey, Thames View and Eastbury, covering IG11 and RM8, and out into London. Queen's 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.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs near Barking
Looking for work in Barking?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Barking Town Centre, Abbey and the wider London area.