Healthcare Assistant roles in Preston
Protocol Healthcare Services places Healthcare Assistants in and around Preston, 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 Preston
Work comes up near Fulwood, Ashton-on-Ribble and Ribbleton, much of it within reach of Royal Preston Hospital. Between Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Lancashire County Council, most of what we staff around Ingol sits under one of the two.
Shifts land right across the patch: Fulwood, Ashton-on-Ribble and Ribbleton one week, Ingol, Deepdale and Broadgate the next. If you are based around PR1 or PR2, 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 Broadgate is easier for you to reach than Avenham, 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 Avenham.
We recruit for temporary and permanent posts. Trying several settings between Fulwood and Ingol first tends to make the permanent choice obvious.
Who we are looking for
- ✓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
Why people stay with us
We are a two-office team, not a call centre. The person booking your Lancashire shifts knows which settings suit you. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Preston itself, which we would rather say plainly.
If you can travel, there is steady work in Blackburn, Blackpool and Southport as well, and many people cover two of those alongside Preston.
Tell us which parts of Lancashire 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 Preston, 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 Preston 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 Preston 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 Fulwood, Ashton-on-Ribble, Ribbleton, Ingol and Deepdale, covering PR1 and PR2, and out into Lancashire. Royal Preston 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.
Looking for work in Preston?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Fulwood, Ribbleton and the wider Lancashire area.