Healthcare Assistant in Nottinghamshire

Job description

Healthcare Assistant (Domiciliary Care)

Salary: £22,932 - (pro rata for less than 35 hours)

Work Location: Community (Rushcliffe, Nottingham East and West)- Travel is paid at 45p per mile.

Full UK Driving Licence Required & Access to own vehicle

*We DO NOT offer sponsorship for this role!

FULL TIME ROLE, we can offer part time (up to 20 hours per week)

The British Red Cross has been a lifeline for people in crisis for over 150 years, providing several levels of care to members of the public in times of need.

As a Healthcare Assistant you will:

• Provide invaluable contribution to the Community Crisis Support Service and its users.
• Provide short term crisis support to people in their homes, helping to keep them out of hospital.
• Assess clients' needs and develop a care plan to fit them.
• Provide support with personal care, medication prompts, end of life care, light meal and drinks preparation and emotional support.
• To make follow up calls as required and to assist service users with activities to re-enable their daily living skills
• To maintain accurate and appropriate records in service users care plans and update office records and systems accordingly.

Hours\Rota:

The Vacancy is for 20-35 hours per week, you could be working across any of the hours over 7 days; Monday to Sunday.

Shifts are normally 7 hours per day. Shift patterns are 7.00am to 2.30pm daily with late shifts from 2.30pm until 10pm and shifts are on a 4-week rolling rota working 2 weekends out of 4. You will receive your annual planned rota in advance.

We will work with you to try and make shifts compatible with your other commitments (for example, childcare, study etc).

We offer a wide range of staff benefits, these include:

• 36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) per annum, pro rata
• Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
• Up to 6% contributory pension
• Flexible working policy

To be considered for this position you must have following skills and experience:

• Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent by experience)
• Ability to communicate with health and social care professionals
• Ability to deal with service user queries in a diplomatic, professional and confidential manner
• Knowledge of supporting service users, who may be disabled and/or frail, cognitively impaired

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Nottinghamshire

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

28-08-2025

Profession type

Health / Medical

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English