Healthcare Assistant

As a Healthcare Assistant (HCA), you will work under the guidance of a qualified healthcare professional, usually a Nurse. You will have a lot of contact with patients. The work varies depending on where you are based. In a hospital for example, you may be washing and dressing patients, serving meals and helping to feed … Read more

Phlebotomist

Phlebotomists collect blood samples from patients and send them off for analysis and testing. The results can be used to diagnose diseases and conditions. Patients may be nervous about having their blood taken so you have to reassure them and put them at ease. Your day-to-day duties might include: explaining the procedure to patients inserting … Read more

Pharmacy Assistant

Pharmacy Assistants work as part of a Pharmacy Team under the direction of a registered Pharmacist. The work includes taking in and handing out prescriptions, dispensing prescriptions, using computer systems to generate stock lists and labels, ordering items, receiving, loading, unloading deliveries, delivering medicines to other parts of a hospital or health centre and selling … Read more

Care Assistant

ou will work with people who need direct care and support, and will be responsible for an individual’s overall comfort and independence. Duties can include: supporting people who need care and support with all aspects of their day to day living, so they can enjoy the best possible quality of life helping with personal care … Read more

Care Assistant

ou will work with people who need direct care and support, and will be responsible for an individual’s overall comfort and independence. Duties can include: supporting people who need care and support with all aspects of their day to day living, so they can enjoy the best possible quality of life helping with personal care … Read more

Mental Health Support Worker

You will work with adults and young people with mental health problems or a learning disability. By offering practical support and advice, you are improving people’s lives across the local community. Duties can include: Helping people manage a variety of issues affecting their ability to live their lives Building relationships and planning a programme of … Read more

Activity Worker/Coordinator

You will design and oversee social activities for people who need care and support, or assist them to develop their own. You will also be responsible for creating individual activity plans for people Duties can include: talking with people about the types of activities they would like to do developing and providing activities that are … Read more

Therapeutic Activities Co Ordinator

Working with groups or individuals and families in a creative capacity. This could include; supporting people to socialise with others again, if they have had a period of illness. Working with families to facilitate specific creative outcomes, by way of memory work. Planning of sessions and buying resources to fit to the level of the … Read more