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Service Manager- Supported Living-Derbyshire

20 May 2012 - 1 days old
Derby
£30 to £35 K
Permanent
P9 Rec are recruiting a Service Manager to cover Derbyshire for one of our reputable clients, in Supported Living Services. You will be responsible for a team of Project Managers and to ensure that a high standard quality of service is delivered by ...

Residential Home Manager - Eld/Dem - Derbyshire

20 May 2012 - 1 days old
Derby
£30 to £32 K
Permanent
P9 Rec - Social Care Recruitment specialists are looking to recruit a experienced Residential Home Manager for one of our prestigious clients. Due to an internal promotion a rare opportunity has arisen to join this small prestigious company as Manag...

Nurse - RGN - Nights - Dementia - North Wales

20 May 2012 - 1 days old
North Wales
£25 K
Permanent
Nurse - RGN - Nights - Dementia - Our client employs around 30trained nurses and always want to hear from anyone keen to work within elderly care. Although they are the biggest independent provider of care in the area, they are still a small comp...

Registered Manager - RGN/RMN - Southend-on-Sea

20 May 2012 - 1 days old
Southend-On-Sea
£38 K
Permanent
P9 Rec - The experts in Social Care recruitment are seeking a Experienced Registered Manager with Experience in ABI and Neuro Disability client groups. To carry responsibility for the management of the unit during the day Able to work to high st...

Care Home Manager- Elderly EMI - Torquay

20 May 2012 - 1 days old
Torquay
£25 K
Permanent
Care Home Manager Required - Torquay - £25K Immediate Start!!! A Small Home based in Torquay, Devon is looking to recruit a Manager to start ASAP, you musthave experience in Managing a EMI Care Home. To apply for this position you will need: NVQ 4/...
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About HCA jobs

Health care assistants looking for HCA jobs know they'll be playing a key role in helping other healthcare professionals in the day-to-day care of the patients under their responsibility. Places of work for HCA jobs tend to be in more clinical settings (hospitals, nursing homes, community nursing centres, or in a patient's own home). HCAs, strictly speaking, are NVQ3 trained and are more involved in the clinical aspect of patient care than, for instance, an untrained care assistant; trained HCAs can carry out simple but important observations like taking a patient’s blood pressure and temperature or, with further qualifications, they can become phlebotomists (qualified to take blood samples from patients).

Previous work experience, whether it has been voluntary or paid work as a carer, is looked upon favourably, especially if you are looking to enter into the side of the industry that deals with mental health issues or people with learning disabilities too. To gain the necessary experience a person can contact the voluntary services coordinator of their NHS trust and get all the necessary information on how to become a volunteer carer. You might also want to investigate the NVQ courses applicable to healthcare assistants.

HCA jobs are very rewarding because they involve helping patients in a wide variety of situations, and in numerous ways. A day at work can include bathing or showering a patient, serving them food and helping them eat if need be, talking, taking bloods.

Obtaining HCA jobs can be hard if you don't have the necessary experience. However, the best way to gain this is to get involved in care jobs in the voluntary or community sector. The experience gained in this way, will stand you in good stead later on as it will show you have the necessary skill, capability as well as ambition to follow a career in healthcare.

For more information about job as an HCA read our article ‘How to become a healthcare assistant with no formal care experience’.