Healthcare Assistant roles in Dumfries
Protocol Healthcare Services places Healthcare Assistants in and around Dumfries, on agency shifts and in permanent roles. You do not need years of experience to start: what matters most is reliability, patience and a genuine interest in the people you look after.
Where you would be based in Dumfries
Work comes up near Maxwelltown, Troqueer and Georgetown, much of it within reach of Galloway Royal Infirmary. Between Dumfries and Galloway and Galloway Council, most of what we staff around Lochside sits under one of the two.
Shifts land right across the patch: Maxwelltown, Troqueer and Georgetown one week, Lochside, Lincluden and Locharbriggs the next. If you are based around DG1 or DG2, you are inside the area we cover most heavily.
What the role involves
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Companionship, conversation and keeping people connected
Hours, shifts and contracts
Full-time and part-time patterns both work. If Locharbriggs is easier for you to reach than Heathhall, 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 Heathhall.
We recruit for temporary and permanent posts. Trying several settings between Maxwelltown and Lochside first tends to make the permanent choice obvious.
Who we are looking for
- ✓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
- ✓Previous care experience is welcome but not essential, as training is provided
Why people stay with us
We are a two-office team, not a call centre. The person booking your Dumfries and Galloway shifts knows which settings suit you. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Dumfries itself, which we would rather say plainly.
If you can travel, there is steady work in Carlisle, Ayr and Kilmarnock as well, and many people cover two of those alongside Dumfries.
Tell us which parts of Dumfries and Galloway 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.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Dumfries, 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 Dumfries 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 Dumfries 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 Maxwelltown, Troqueer, Georgetown, Lochside and Lincluden, covering DG1 and DG2, and out into Dumfries and Galloway. Galloway Royal Infirmary 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 Dumfries
Looking for work in Dumfries?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Maxwelltown, Georgetown and the wider Dumfries and Galloway area.