Health care assistant pay in Newcastle March 2024
How much do health care assistants in Newcastle get paid?
Health care assistants in Newcastle earn
£10.42-11.55 per hour
Based on 38 employee reviews
What do top employers pay health care assistants?
Who are the top health care assistant employers?
Who are the worst health care assistant employers?
Recent health care assistant Jobs in Newcastle
- Live-in Care Assistant - South Tyneside - £200 joining bonus at Bluebird Care posted 2 days ago
- Care Assistant at Sanctuary Group posted 15 hours ago
- Healthcare Assistant at Spire Healthcare posted 16 days ago
- Senior Health Care Assistant at Exemplar Health Care posted 20 days ago
- Female Care Assistant - HICSS at Cera Care posted 20 days ago
- Female Care Assistant - Re-enablement at Cera Care posted 20 days ago
How are people paid?
Based on 38 employees
What contracts are people on?
Based on 34 employees
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What do health care assistants do?
Care workers have the job of supporting and looking after vulnerable people. This includes children, the elderly and adults with disabilities.
They can work in private care homes or in patients’ homes. Sometimes care workers need to stay overnight.
Other names for care workers are:
- Direct care workers
- Carers
- Care assistants
- Healthcare assistants (HCAs)
- Support workers
- Personal carers/ assistants
- Shared lives workers
This type of job involves day-to-day support for patients. This can include:
- Helping with washing, getting dressed and going to the bathroom
- Preparing food and helping with eating
- Household cleaning, laundry and shopping
- Keeping patients company and getting involved with activities
- Making sure patients are taking any medication
This is a physical job, and you may be on your feet a lot.
You may have to work night shifts, on weekends and bank holidays.
Some care worker jobs are entry level and can offer on-the-job training.
If you want to apply for a care worker job, you might need the following:
- Passed background checks
- You may have to have some GCSEs, Level 1 or 2 qualification, or a relevant apprenticeship
- The right to work in the UK
For more information about care workers, read our guide to the best care companies to work for.