Healthcare Assistant roles in Wakefield
If you are looking for Healthcare Assistant work in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield
Pinderfields Hospital anchors a good deal of the health provision around Ossett and Horbury, and the settings we recruit for sit close to it. Wakefield Council commissions much of the care in the area, and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust runs the clinical side.
We fill posts in Ossett, Horbury, Sandal and Crigglestone and out towards Lupset, Thornes and Crofton. WF1, WF2, WF4 and WF5 come up most often, and work extends through West Yorkshire.
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 Lupset 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 Sandal.
Agency and permanent are both on offer. Picking up shifts in two or three services around Horbury is a low-risk way to find out where you want to be.
Before you apply
- ✓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
- ✓A caring, patient and reliable approach
Working with Protocol
One consultant looks after you, knows the difference between the services in Ossett and Lupset, 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 Wakefield itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Work in Dewsbury and Batley 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 Crigglestone. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Wakefield, 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 Wakefield 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 Wakefield 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 Ossett, Horbury, Sandal, Crigglestone and Lupset, covering WF1, WF2, WF4 and WF5, and out into West Yorkshire. Pinderfields 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 Wakefield
Looking for work in Wakefield?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Ossett, Sandal and the wider West Yorkshire area.