Healthcare Assistant

Prestige Nursing; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run healthcare provider in Blackburn is seeking compassionate and committed members to support individuals within their homes. Responsibilities include personal care tasks, medication administration, and encouraging independence. Applicants should have access to their own vehicle and a full UK driving licence. The role offers flexible working hours, extensive training programs, and weekly pay including holiday accrual. Join a reputed team dedicated to high-quality care.

Benefits

Access to extensive free training programs

Flexible working hours

Free uniform

Qualifications

• Experience of working in care is preferred, but not essential.
• You will require access to your own vehicle and a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care tasks including washing and toileting.
• Administer medication and encourage diet and fluid intake.
• Complete documentation to a high standard.

Skills

Compassionate care

Ability to encourage independence

Medication administration

Strong documentation skills

Job description

Prestige Nursing East Lancashire is looking for new members to join our growing team supporting individuals within their own homes and care settings.

Experience of working in care is preferred, but not essential; you will require access to your own vehicle if completing day shifts – mileage is paid.

Having secured a significant amount of new work opportunities, we need compassionate, committed, caring staff to join our team and support our service users across the region.

We provide all new members with our mandatory training programme, and further client‑specific training where necessary.

We offer our members a variety of work patterns with service users on care routes throughout Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Colne, Darwen, Nelson, and surrounding areas.

We endeavour to keep you working as close to home as possible, but you will require access to your own vehicle and a full UK driving licence.

The Role:

Tasks may include:

• Personal care tasks; including washing and toileting
• Administering medication
• Encouraging diet and fluid intake
• Promoting independence
• Completing documentation to a high standard
• Using Prestige's call monitoring service

About us:

Prestige Nursing East Lancashire is a family‑run business, providing a wide range of healthcare solutions to individuals within their own homes and care settings.

We pride ourselves on a reputation for providing excellent care services and being one of the best care and support agencies in East Lancashire. We strive to provide a high standard of care to all of our service users.

Our family truly cares about the well‑being of all staff and service users and strives to achieve the best possible outcomes for all stakeholders.

Why work for Prestige?

• Access to Prestige's extensive free training programs.
• Access to external training providers in NVQ 2,3,5 in Health and Social Care.
• Ongoing in‑house training to extend your knowledge of working practice.
• Weekly pay into your bank, along with accrued holiday pay.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free uniform.
• Pay rates are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%.

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*pay rates are inclusive of holiday pay at 12.07%*