Healthcare Assistant roles in Ferndown
If you are looking for Healthcare Assistant work in Ferndown, 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.
Ferndown and the area we cover
Royal Bournemouth Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Ferndown Town Centre and West Parley, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Dorset Council commissions much of the care in the area, and University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Ferndown Town Centre, West Parley, Longham and West Moors and out towards Trickett's Cross, Dudsbury and Stapehill. BH22 come up most often, and work extends through Dorset.
What you would be doing
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Reporting changes and keeping clear records
- ✓ Helping people wash, dress and stay comfortable
Shifts, and how they are booked
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Trickett's Cross 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 Longham.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around West Parley is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
What we look for
- ✓A caring, patient and reliable approach
- ✓Good spoken and written communication
- ✓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
What we do for you
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Ferndown Town Centre and Trickett's Cross, 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 Ferndown itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Wimborne and Verwood 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 West Moors. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Ferndown, 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 Ferndown 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 Ferndown 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 Ferndown Town Centre, West Parley, Longham, West Moors and Trickett's Cross, covering BH22, and out into Dorset. Royal Bournemouth 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 Ferndown
Looking for work in Ferndown?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Ferndown Town Centre, Longham and the wider Dorset area.