Healthcare Assistant

Evolve Staffing Ltd; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible shifts

Training opportunities

Career progression

Consultant support

Placement coordination

Job summary

Evolve Staffing Ltd is actively recruiting dedicated Healthcare Assistants to join our expanding health and social care staffing in Edinburgh.

In this role you will deliver essential person-centred care to elderly residents, including those with dementia, across residential and NHS settings. The position offers flexible day/night/weekend shifts and both full-time and part-time agency placements, with strong training and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as Healthcare Assistant or equivalent in UK health and social care.
• Eligibility to work in the UK and DBS check is required.
• Formal care qualifications accepted (Care Certificate or NVQ Level 2).

Responsibilities

• Deliver person-centred care including hygiene, mobility, nutrition, and daily living support.
• Monitor vital signs and record fluid balance and dietary intake.
• Report clinical observations to senior nursing staff and maintain patient records.
• Uphold infection control standards and safeguarding policies in care settings.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Flexible shifts

Dementia care

Education

Care Certificate

NVQ Level 2 Health and Social Care

Job description

Evolve Staffing Ltd. is actively recruiting dedicated, compassionate, and experienced Healthcare Assistants to join our rapidly expanding health and social care staffing in Edinburgh.

As a core provider of healthcare recruitment solutions, Evolve Staffing Ltd. connects skilled care workers, auxiliary nurses, and personal care assistants with leading residential care homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult social care providers, and NHS trust establishments. In this vital healthcare support role, you will deliver essential person-centred care, assisting elderly residents, individuals with dementia, service users with physical disabilities, and vulnerable adults requiring daily living support.

This position is ideal for healthcare workers seeking flexible shift patterns, including day shifts, night shifts, weekend care work, and full-time or part-time agency placements, supported by comprehensive professional development and continuous training opportunities.

Primary Duties

• Delivering person-centred care, assisting with personal hygiene, washing, dressing, mobility, and nutritional support, monitoring patient vital signs, recording fluid balance and dietary intake, supporting dementia care routines, reporting clinical observations to senior nursing staff, maintaining accurate patient documentation, implementing infection control standards, and upholding adult safeguarding policies across care home environments.

Candidate Requirements

• Demonstrable experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Care Worker, Support Worker, or Care Assistant within a UK health and social care setting, or holding a Care Certificate, NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent clinical training, accompanied by an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and full legal eligibility to work in the UK.

Benefits and Perks

• Flexible shift arrangements, agency work flexibility, continuous professional training, career progression opportunities, dedicated agency consultant support, and seamless placement coordination from Evolve Staffing Ltd.