Nursing Homes Jobs

Nursing Homes Jobs

Although more and more people across the United Kingdom are finding themselves out of work and unemployment is on the rise, nursing homes jobs are still widely available across the country and are available in many varied roles.

Different jobs in nursing homes can include:

  • Nurses
  • Care Assistants
  • Chiropodists
  • Occupational and speech and language therapists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Handyman
  • Cleaners
  • Chefs, cooks and waiters
  • Maids
  • Gardeners

Some homes also hire the services of hairdressers and beauticians to cater to residents. A popular role is that of the activity coordinator, this is the person will organises various activities on a daily basis to entertain residents. Activities can include anything from games such as bridge and bingo to large days out into the local community. Finding nursing homes jobs that relate to activity coordinator will require the person to be a confident people person and communicator and be creative when organising activities.

Finding nursing homes jobs

Nursing homes jobs are available in the public and private sector as-well an in voluntary and non-profit organisations. Competition for jobs in any environment is fierce and nursing homes is no different, a lot of young people are studying to gain jobs in care and there are already hundreds of people out of work who have experience in work within nursing homes.

The internet is the best place to find jobs in nursing homes; many websites are dedicated to showing new vacancies direct from employers on a daily basis. Some work may be through a third party agency, phoning agencies in the local area that cater to nursing homes and registering your details and CV with them may land you a chance at employment. Agencies do require workers at short notice and you should be prepared to start work within a day or two of a phone call.

Many nursing homes jobs especially those with private organisations only post vacancies on their own websites and not on job sites. Local nursing homes sites will be worth checking out for possible work, a lot offer the chance to fill out online applications which can make it easy to apply for the position you want.  Nationwide nursing home companies such as Southern Cross and Orchard Care Homes will be worth a look for both paid and volunteer work.

Visiting the local council websites may lead you to vacancies that are available in the local area. Councils update job boards each week so it is worth keeping a constant check. Some applications close after a certain amount of candidates has been reached so signing up to a mailing service if possible may be wise. Councils and NHS nursing homes also post their vacancies on Direct.gov.uk which is the official government website for jobs and advice; some private companies may also post vacancies on the site so it is advisable to pay the site a regular visit.

Some of the popular jobs sites online for nursing home vacancies are:

  • Nursinghomes.co.uk
  • Jobtrain.co.uk
  • Carehome.co.uk
  • Monster.co.uk
  • Care home jobs
  • Carehomevacancy.co.uk
  • Jobrapido.co.uk
  • Totaljobs.com
  • Staffnurse.co.uk
  • Bupa.co.uk
  • Nursefindersuk.com
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