Healthcare Assistant roles in Gateshead
If you are looking for Healthcare Assistant work in Gateshead, 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.
Working around Gateshead
Queen Elizabeth Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Low Fell and Felling, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Gateshead Council commissions much of the care in the area, and Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Low Fell, Felling, Bensham and Dunston and out towards Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton. NE8, NE9, NE10 and NE11 come up most often, and work extends through Tyne and Wear.
A typical shift
- ✓ 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
Shifts and contracts
You set your availability. Plenty of the people we place around Whickham 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 Bensham.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Felling is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
What you will need
- ✓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
How we work with you
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Low Fell and Whickham, 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 Gateshead itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Newcastle upon Tyne and South Shields 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 Dunston. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Gateshead, 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 Gateshead 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 Gateshead 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 Low Fell, Felling, Bensham, Dunston and Whickham, covering NE8, NE9, NE10 and NE11, and out into Tyne and Wear. Queen Elizabeth 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 Gateshead
Looking for work in Gateshead?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Low Fell, Bensham and the wider Tyne and Wear area.