Healthcare Assistant roles in Waltham Forest
Healthcare Assistant work in Waltham Forest is one of the most direct ways into a career in care. Protocol Healthcare Services recruits HCAs for temporary and permanent positions, with full training provided and a consultant who knows which settings suit you.
Working around Waltham Forest
Whipps Cross Hospital is the hospital local teams work alongside, and the homes and services around Walthamstow and Leytonstone draw staff from the same pool. Barts Health NHS Trust runs services locally, with Waltham Forest Council commissioning the social care alongside them.
Most placements are in Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone, with regular work further out at Chingford, Highams Park and Wood Street. Postings run through E17, E11 and E10, including out at Upper Walthamstow.
A typical shift
- ✓ 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
- ✓ Reporting changes and keeping clear records
Shifts and contracts
Days, nights and weekends are all available, full time or part time. Someone covering Highams Park on earlies and Wood Street on nights is an ordinary week here. The aim is ongoing work in settings you already know, not a different address every week between Walthamstow and Higham Hill.
Some people stay on agency indefinitely; others use a few months around Leytonstone to find the right permanent home. Both are fine.
What you will need
- ✓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
How we work with you
You get one consultant who knows your registration, your patch and which London services you have already worked in. We recruit from our offices in Edgware and Bournemouth and place people nationwide; there is no branch in Waltham Forest itself, which we would rather say plainly.
Hackney, Haringey and Ilford are close enough that plenty of our people work across them and Waltham Forest both.
Let us know your hours and how far you will travel from Walthamstow, and we will do the rest. There are immediate opportunities for suitable candidates. Call 020 8951 4510 or use the contact form.
Healthcare Assistant Jobs in Waltham Forest, 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 Waltham Forest 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 Waltham Forest 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 Walthamstow, Leyton, Leytonstone, Chingford and Highams Park, covering E17, E11, E10 and E4, and out into London. Whipps Cross 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 Waltham Forest
Looking for work in Waltham Forest?
Register and a consultant will be in touch about shifts around Walthamstow, Leytonstone and the wider London area.