Care Assistant HCA

Our recently-opened Weston-super-Mare branch is recruiting several experienced Care Assistants to join the team working in the local Cheddar and North Somerset areas.

For a limited time only, we'll also welcome you with a free DBS check and free uniform when you join our team, so make sure you apply today!

Working in a Care Assistant job with Newcross, we'll also offer you:

• Pay rate up to GBP13.07/hr plus agreed mileage payments for most clients
• Free criminal record check (DBS) and uniform upon joining (limited time offer!)
• Weekly pay including holiday pay
• Recommend a Friend scheme paying up to GBP500 per successful referral
• Free training through credits earned as you work
• 24-hour support contact centre, open 365 days a year
• Local line manager and national Clinical Excellence Team support

To apply for this care assistant job you will need:

• To prove your right to live and work in the UK
• At least 3 months' previous paid experience working in a care environment in the UK within the last 3 years
• Referee contact details for your current place of work, including a manager who can comment on your clinical ability, and for all employments in the past 18 months or your 3 most recent jobs
• A certificate confirming your participation in a practical moving and handling course in the last 12 months, or be willing to book onto a course with Newcross.

The Role:

You will be working in local nursing homes, residential homes and care homes delivering essential care to residents in a compassionate and caring manner. It's essential you're committed to upholding our vision of excellence in care, which means promoting wellbeing while protecting each person's dignity.

Unlike an agency care job, you will enjoy a permanent contract plus a flexible working routine that means you can work when you choose.

You will need to be able to travel to our Weston-super-Mare centre and to different client locations, so your own transport is desirable.

If you have an NVQ2 / SVQ2 in Health and Social Care, or currently work in a care assistant job, you could be fast tracked through our recruitment process.

The Company:

Newcross Healthcare Solutions is an independent, family-run organisation dedicated to providing quality temporary staffing to hospitals, care homes and nursing homes in the UK. Because of our reputation as a great employer, we attract highly skilled healthcare professionals with care expertise ranging from paediatric nurses to carers for adults with learning disabilities. In our 21 years' experience, we have created a recruitment system that ensures that we only hire the best people.

Treating our staff well is at the centre of what we do. We hire permanent staff, and with over 200 training courses on offer, we help them develop. It is important for us to provide stability to our people, we are not and never have been a 'zero hours' employer. All of our healthcare professionals have minimum hours guaranteed in their contracts, giving them the security of a steady income.

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If you cannot apply online, please call . Newcross Healthcare Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunities and nothing in this job advert is intended to discriminate against anyone in any way.