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Healthcare Support & Care Assistants recruitment agency.

Hire locum, temporary, interim and permanent healthcare support and care assistants with Actionus. Healthcare Assistant (HCA) jobs, support worker jobs, rehab support worker jobs, mental health support worker jobs, learning disabilities support worker jobs and complex care support worker jobs all sit under this desk. Actionus places HCAs and support workers into ward, community, primary care and social care roles with training and DBS arranged before you start.

How you can hire

Locum, temporary, interim or permanent.

Locum healthcare support and care assistants

Short-notice and planned locum healthcare support and care assistants to cover rota gaps, sickness, leave and backlogs, booked on your framework or direct engagement terms where they apply.

Temporary healthcare support and care assistants

Temporary healthcare support and care assistants for seasonal pressure, projects and fixed blocks of work, with weekly online timesheets approved by your manager.

Interim healthcare support and care assistants

Interim healthcare support and care assistants and senior leads to hold a service, cover a vacant post or deliver a change programme while you recruit permanently.

Permanent healthcare support and care assistants

Permanent healthcare support and care assistants sourced, screened and shortlisted against your brief, with interviews arranged and offers managed through to start.

Compliance checked before the first shift

  • •Enhanced DBS or PVG, with update service checks
  • •Right to work and identity verification
  • •References covering recent clinical employment
  • •Occupational health and immunisation clearance
  • •Mandatory training evidence

Settings we supply

  • •NHS wards and clinics
  • •Mental health units
  • •Learning disability services
  • •Complex care teams
  • •Community and home care
  • •Primary care
  • •Care and nursing homes
  • •Supported living services

Specialities

Healthcare Assistant (HCA), Support Worker, Rehab Support Worker, Mental Health Support Worker, Learning Disabilities Support Worker, Complex Care Support Worker, Ward Support, Community Support, Primary Care Support, Social Care Support

Questions

Hiring healthcare support and care assistants, answered.

How do I hire locum or temporary healthcare support and care assistants through Actionus?
Send us the role, location, dates and engagement type. We confirm what is achievable, shortlist compliant healthcare support and care assistants and book them once you approve, with hours recorded through weekly online timesheets.
Can Actionus recruit permanent and interim healthcare support and care assistants?
Yes. We recruit healthcare support & care assistants staff on locum, temporary, interim and permanent terms, and temporary assignments can convert to permanent on agreed terms.
What checks are completed before healthcare support and care assistants start?
Professional registration where it applies, right to work, identity, the correct level of DBS, references and role-specific training evidence. The compliance pack is shared with you before the assignment begins.
Do you work across the whole of the UK?
Yes. Actionus recruits nationally across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and in Ireland, so you work with one agency wherever the vacancy sits.

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