34 Healthcare jobs in Middlesbrough

Healthcare Assistant

Pay rate: From £13.73 to £9.11 an hour including holiday pay, weekly pay

Reference: HCA/Durham/5

Are you a compassionate individual looking to make a difference in people’s lives? We’d like you to join us at Jane Lewis as a Healthcare Assistant in Durham!  

We are offering an exciting opportunity to support a range of individuals with varying needs. You would be working in a variety of settings including learning disability and mental health environments.

As a Healthcare Assistant we can offer you:

• Flexible shifts that fit around you
• Pay rates starting from £13.73 pe hour, holiday pay inclusive
• 24/7 support from our branch team
• Comprehensive free training
• Opportunity for further development, including access to NVQ’s
• Free DBS Check
• Weekly Pay

As a Healthcare Assistant you must:

• Be over the age of 18 to apply
• Have the right to work in the UK.
• Be a UK resident, we are unable to offer sponsorship.
• Have 6 months prior experience in a healthcare setting
• Have excellent communication skills and a basic knowledge of the sector
• Be able to build a strong rapport with service users who have varying needs and abilities
• Have a genuine passion working in the healthcare sector

The duties of a Healthcare Assistant include assisting service users with their personal care, monitoring vital signs, offering companionship and understanding to patients. We aim to empower all service users to carry out everyday tasks independently.

Established in 1987, Jane Lewis is a leading healthcare recruiter within the UK that puts people first. We are committed to delivering high-quality care and support to vulnerable individuals.  

If you are a motivated and caring individual, apply to be a healthcare assistant with Jane Lewis today!

*terms apply

Care Assistant-Driver with own vehicle required in Sunderland and the surrounding areas 

Unfortunately, at this time, routes are unable to offer Sponsorship.

About Us

Routes Healthcare is a leading care provider, we are a care company not an agency, we are real people who put individual healthcare needs first. Providing support to people in their own home and out in the community, we take the time to listen to our clients and make sure their needs are met and they are looked after with care and consideration.

Routes Healthcare is looking for dedicated and passionate care workers to deliver high standards of care.

Benefits:

• Career development through our Routes Academy programme helping you achieve your goals.
• Support with a dedicated on-call team, 24/7.
• Wellbeing and mental health support.
• Flexible shift patterns – let’s get a good work/life balance from the start.
• Staff referral scheme with generous incentives.
• We don’t use agency staff, only employed Routes care workers will be on shift.

About the role:

We provide homecare across Sunderland and the surrounding areas, please speak to the recruitment team to discuss where suits you.

 We are committed to making lives better 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This not only includes the people we support but the lives of their loved ones and family members too.

We support people who need complex care services for people with long-term health conditions, clinically-led enhanced homecare and end-of-life care. All with the individual’s hobbies, activities, daily routines and so much more in mind.

As care is always needed, a range of shifts will be available from Monday to Sunday, please speak to the recruitment team to hear about our shift patterns.

We pay £14.12 per hour, this includes holiday pay. Mileage will be paid at 30 pence per mile.

 What you will need for the job:

• At least 6 months paid care experience in the UK.
• The right to work in the UK without needing employer support.
• A full valid driving licence in the UK and access to a car for work.
• A caring positive attitude and patience.

If you want to work for a dynamic, forward-thinking, leading healthcare provider that wants to invest in you and see you shine, then Routes Healthcare is waiting for your application.
Please click the apply button on this page to start your journey.

Routes Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity in all its forms and strive to build a welcoming environment for our team members and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from individuals of all abilities, identities, and experiences, as we believe that diverse perspectives are key to delivering the highest quality care. If you require any support, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Healthcare Assistant

Join Nurseplus as a Healthcare Assistant – Make a Difference Every Day

At Nurseplus, every shift you work is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those in need. As a Healthcare Assistant , you’ll be providing high-quality care across a range of settings, from elderly care to individuals with learning disabilities, mental health challenges, and more complex care needs. You’ll become part of a compassionate team where every contribution counts.

Why Choose Nurseplus?

• Flexibility that Works for You : Choose your shifts, whether full-time, part-time, days, nights, or weekends, so you can fit work around your life.
• Weekly Pay & Competitive Rates : Earn between £13.15 and £18.50 per hour, with weekly pay and an annual pay review to reward your hard work.
• Workwise App : Take control of your schedule with our Workwise app – manage your availability and easily book shifts on your terms.

• Paid Industry-Leading Training : We pay for you to attend our mandatory, industry-leading training that’s in line with the Care Certificate and Core Skills Training Framework, tailored to help you grow your skills.

• Ongoing Development Opportunities : From in-house courses to funded qualifications such as NVQ Levels 2 and 3, we support your professional growth at every stage.
• Blue Light Card : Enjoy thousands of discounts on the high street and online with eligibility for a Blue Light Card.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your day-to-day responsibilities may include assisting service users with personal care, safe lifting and moving, administering medication, meal preparation, and providing general companionship. You’ll work closely with care plans to ensure individuals maintain independence and dignity.

What We’re Looking For

• You must be over 18 years old and have the right to work in the UK.
• Flexibility in your availability, with the ability to travel to different care settings.
• A good standard of English and the ability to communicate effectively.
• A clear enhanced DBS, which you can apply for upon registration.

If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and want to work with a team that truly cares, we’d love to hear from you!

About Nurseplus

At Nurseplus, our mission is to make a positive impact and change lives every day. We are passionate about delivering the highest-quality care that truly makes a difference in the lives of those we support. But our commitment doesn’t stop there – we care just as much for our staff as we do for our clients. By fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, we empower our team to grow, thrive, and make a meaningful contribution to the communities they serve.

Healthcare Assistant

Join Nurseplus as a Healthcare Assistant – Make a Difference Every Day

At Nurseplus, every shift you work is an opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of those in need. As a Healthcare Assistant , you’ll be providing high-quality care across a range of settings, from elderly care to individuals with learning disabilities, mental health challenges, and more complex care needs. You’ll become part of a compassionate team where every contribution counts.

Why Choose Nurseplus?

• Flexibility that Works for You : Choose your shifts, whether full-time, part-time, days, nights, or weekends, so you can fit work around your life.
• Weekly Pay & Competitive Rates : Earn between £12.21 and £17.00 per hour, with weekly pay and an annual pay review to reward your hard work.
• Workwise App : Take control of your schedule with our Workwise app – manage your availability and easily book shifts on your terms.

• Paid Industry-Leading Training : We pay for you to attend our mandatory, industry-leading training that’s in line with the Care Certificate and Core Skills Training Framework, tailored to help you grow your skills.

• Ongoing Development Opportunities : From in-house courses to funded qualifications such as NVQ Levels 2 and 3, we support your professional growth at every stage.
• Blue Light Card : Enjoy thousands of discounts on the high street and online with eligibility for a Blue Light Card.

What You’ll Be Doing

Your day-to-day responsibilities may include assisting service users with personal care, safe lifting and moving, administering medication, meal preparation, and providing general companionship. You’ll work closely with care plans to ensure individuals maintain independence and dignity.

What We’re Looking For

• You must be over 18 years old and have the right to work in the UK.
• Flexibility in your availability, with the ability to travel to different care settings.
• A good standard of English and the ability to communicate effectively.
• A clear enhanced DBS, which you can apply for upon registration.

If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and want to work with a team that truly cares, we’d love to hear from you!

About Nurseplus

At Nurseplus, our mission is to make a positive impact and change lives every day. We are passionate about delivering the highest-quality care that truly makes a difference in the lives of those we support. But our commitment doesn’t stop there – we care just as much for our staff as we do for our clients. By fostering a supportive and inclusive environment, we empower our team to grow, thrive, and make a meaningful contribution to the communities they serve.

PolyPhotonix is a well-established business specialising in bio-photonic research and development that designs, develops and manufactures non-invasive photonics based medical devices.

The company has developed the Noctura 400 Sleep Mask, a light based, monitored ophthalmic treatment for Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) and Diabetic Macular Oedema (DMO), which are the principal causes of blindness.

As the company is growing rapidly, we have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed individual to join our company as Clinical Services Advisor .This permanent role is ideally suited to a team player with a background in healthcare, patient support, customer services, and general administration.

We are looking for someone who has a wide level of experience in administration within a healthcare environment,and customer/patient support.

This role has considerable potential for development for the right candidate.

Due to the nature of the job, the role is office based in Sedgefield, County Durham, fulltime Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.30pm, Friday 9am to 5pm.

Key responsibilities:

The Clinical Services Advisor is responsible for managing enquiries from patients, customers and healthcare professionals, providing ongoing support

This involves:

• Answer the advisory line and deal with any enquiries efficiently and effectively.Ensure calls are followed up within agreed timescales.
• Monitor the enquiries mailbox and respond to emails in a professional and timely manner.
• Coordinate patient and customer orders, ensuring these are processed as required.
• Document and update relevant trackers and systems with patient information, enquiries and complaints in line with business management procedures.
• Monitor the orders mailbox, process orders within agreed timescales and moving them through in line with business management procedures.
• Programme and arrange dispatch of masks for patients.
• Follow up with patients on a regular basis to ensure continued support and liaise with Healthcare Professionals where relevant.
• Ensure sufficient stock is available and order new stock where required.
• Assist with general admin and projects where required.

Essential skills and experience:

• Strong communication skills, both written and spoken.
• High level of attention to detail.
• Professional telephone manner.
• Comfortable learning the mechanism of Diabetic Eye Disease (full training will be given).
• Ability to promote sales/referral options
• Feels comfortable speaking to patients and healthcare professionals.
• Enjoys working in a team environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Packages to intermediate level
• Self-starter with strong personal motivation and flexible attitude.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to handle multiple priorities.
• General day to dayadministration skills

Skills and experience that would be beneficial but not a requirement:

• Experience working within a healthcare environment, in particular eye health and/or diabetes
• Customer/Patient support.
• Speaking another language.

What you will get:

• Salary 26,000 to 28,000 depending on experience and skills.
• Enhanced company pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday + 8 public holidays.
• Free onsite parking.

PolyPhotonix is an equal opportunities employer. Our respectful and inclusive working environment is of high importance to us as an employer who wants every employee to realise their potential and progress in their career.

Job Title :Functional Assessor

Location : Durham

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Starting salary 39000 OTE up to 46,575

Please Note: Unfortunately, we are not able to support sponsorship to work in the UK at this time

About You: Join Medacs Healthcare as a PIP Functional Assessor and use your clinical expertise in a rewarding hybrid role based in Durham.

As an experienced registered Nurse, Paramedic, Physiotherapist, or Occupational Therapist, you'll assess, discuss, and report on how conditions impact daily living through face-to-face and telephone assessments.

Key Skills:

• Strong report writing and communication skills
• Excellent organisation and time management
• Proficiency in typing and IT systems
• Commitment to integrity and high-quality service

Essential Qualifications:

• Current, unrestricted NMC/HCPC registration
• PIP Assessor: Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), or Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD) HCPC Registered Paramedics, Physiotherapists, and Occupational Therapists
• Minimum 1-year post-registration UK experience (NHS or private healthcare)

Benefits Package:

• Competitive salary with regular increases
• Bonus scheme
• Generous annual leave (25 days + service allowance)
• Flexible working and optional overtime
• NMC/HCPC fee reimbursement and ongoing CPD support (T&Cs apply)
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, life assurance, and more
• Employee well-being support with access to an Employee Assistance Programme
• Referral bonus scheme (2,500) and employee recognition programs
• Access to discounts through our Lifestyle platform

Why Choose Us?

• Develop Your Expertise: Become a skilled Functional Assessor and report writer.
• Work Autonomously with Support: Balance independence with team collaboration.
• Career Progression Opportunities: Gain experience in coaching, auditing, and team management.
• Work-Life Balance: No evenings, weekends, or bank holidays with flexible and hybrid working options.

Ready to Make a Difference?

Join Medacs Healthcare today.

How to Apply:

Please apply with your up-to-date CV. You must provide evidence of your UK right to work.

*OTE based on meeting all eligible criteria including hybrid working, increases + optional overtime

To ensure you have the best experience with us, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to our application or interview process and feel free to note in your application which pronouns you use. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from candidates with a disability and commit to interview these candidates if their application meets the minimum criteria for the role - just tell us when applying.

We consider ourselves to be an equitable employer which celebrates diversity and encourages inclusion. Our ongoing commitments to Equality, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion means we recognise candidates may want to anonymise their cv during the application process, if you wish to do this, you are welcome to do so.

Please see our privacy notice and note all data processing will be in line with our privacy notice.

Occupational Health Advisor

A leading client off ours in Durham is looking for an Occupational Health Advisor on a permanent, part-time basis.

The role will involve undertaking the full OH remit, including health surveillance and case management.

This is an excellent opportunity to become part of a friendly, diverse and inclusive team whilst helping to deliver an exceptional OH service to our client and help bring success to the contract and the company.

The role:

• Full OH remit
• Case management
• Hybrid

Experience / skills required:

• NMC Registered RGN
• OH experience
• OH Case management experience is essential

Please don't hesitate in contacting us at Gel Resourcing on (phone number removed) and we would be more than happy to give you further details.

Please don't hesitate in contacting us at Gel Resourcing on (phone number removed) and we would be more than happy to give you further details.

Please do get in touch, whether you are an OH Technician, OH Nurse, OHA, OH Manager, OH Physio or an OH Physician, as Gel Resourcing focuses on the recruitment of professionals, UK wide, with in the Occupational Health & Well-being markets.

Being a specialist OH agency has enabled us to become experts in these areas and to offer a quality service to our clients and candidates. Our reputation underlines this, and we have earned the trust and respect of those in the OH industry.

Feel free to pass this advert onto any colleagues who may be interested and suitable.

Quick Snapshot:  

Job Title:Care Coordinator 

Location: Sunderland

Salary: £24,250 (+ On Call Payments and bonus) 

Contract: Full-Time 

Are you looking for a rewarding job where you can make a difference to people’s lives? Well then, being a Care Coordinator might be the route for you!­­ You will play the all-important role of scheduling and coordinating care visits to ensure our clients receive top-notch care when they need it. 

A little about us  

We like to think of Routes as an incredible team of folk from all walks of life, working together with one thing in common: we all care about making a difference. And that’s not just for our clients but for our workers too.  

For the last 15 years at Routes, we’vebeen taking pride in what we do: delivering high standards of care that puts people's wants and needs at the heart of it, and letting people live the way they choose in the comfort of their home.   

If this sounds like a company you’d like to be part of, we’re already on to a winner. But how about we sweeten the deal a little more?  

We want to help you flourish in your career - Routes gives you the tools, so you can focus on what truly matters: delivering good care to your community.  

What does this mean?  

• Centralised support teams to help keep things running smoothly in the background. HR, Payroll, Quality and Marketing to name but a few. 

• Our in-house recruitment team to make sure you have the staff you need. We pride ourselves on recruiting our own people to deliver our services and have Zero Agency use.  

• Routes Academy, which not only means the teamis highly trained, but both you andour healthcare workers have opportunities to progress your careers and develop  

• We recently rolled out Digital Care Plans, making our operations more efficient  

• Speaking of digital - we also have our own friendly IT team on hand to help you with any IT struggles or needs  

And of course, just a few extra little perks like.  

• Wellbeing and financial support with our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)  

• 25 days holiday, additional bank holiday leave plus an extra day off for your birthday  

• Saving for future-you with our Pension Scheme  

• A competitive salary plus an attractive bonus package based on service performance  

• A fun, friendly and supportive workplace (we have many great personalities!)  

So what do you think? If you’re interested in joining Routes as a Care Coordinator in Sunderland, here’s what we’re looking for from you:  

• Someone passionate about putting people first  

• Organisational & time management skills  

• An understanding of CQC regulations 

• Superb communication skills, with the ability to coordinatea teamof healthcare workers 

• An NVQ in Health and Social Care would be a big bonus 

• Due to the nature of the role, you will need to have a full valid UK driving licence with access to your own vehicle 

Your typical day to day will include:  

• Co-ordinating the delivery of care using our care scheduling system 

• Adapting to changes in schedules, including staff availability and new clients into existing care runs 

• Ensuring that healthcare workers attend staff meetings, supervisions, and training within CQC-required timescales. 

• Assisting your Registered Manager to deliver a high-quality care service 

• Manage on-call duties on a rotating basis 

We are looking for a Manager - Electronics to join our Photonics and Electronics team, providing high-level technical leadership and expertise, managing and developing a team to deliver agreed programmes of work to required standards.

The Electronics Manager will act as technical lead in medium / large scale projects within a variety of HealthTech fields, such as IVD, wearables, sensor technologies, connectivity and drug delivery devices. The Manager will offer innovative solutions at technology team level, contributing extensively to development and improvement activities, identifying and addressing future needs of the team in order to deliver on area strategy.

• To lead and deliver projects involving electronics, and production from concept to production, ensuring customer needs and cost.
• To supervise, mentor, and develop a team of engineers and technicians, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• To create and manage the team's budget ensuring all financial transactions involving the company comply with existing
• To actively contribute to a culture of continuous capability development through coaching, mentoring and/or developing colleagues across the technology team and organisation, providing insights into areas of specialism.
• To build, maintain and utilise a network of relevant external stakeholders, customers, partners, research organisations and authorities, to represent the company and self as a credible expert, identifying opportunity for future projects and developments.

• To work closely with cross-functional teams, including other technology centres, and quality assurance, to integrate electronics and production processes into new and existing medical devices.
• To act as a credible partner to Bid Development teams, actively involved in defining and advising on the technical elements of a bid, in order to develop a programme of works and direct customer engagement. Seek out and engage in business development opportunities where appropriate.
• To be accountable for providing clearly documented records of technical data, decisions, methodologies, calculations and software use in an agreed format.

Skills & Experience

• Educated to Degree level (or equivalent) in a Scientific/Engineering discipline plus significant industrial experience
• Have successfully completed formalised management training / managerial development programme, or has equivalent experience
• Possess significant, technical expertise in integration and assembly techniques, as well as a compelling evidence of complex technical problem solving.
• Possess significant, technical expertise in Electronics engineering, as well as compelling evidence of complex technical problem solving.
• Exhibits professional mastery of principles and practices in integration and electronics assembly, and systems design and development gained through career to date in area of expertise.
• Can demonstrate evidence of building knowledge sharing and network building practice across teams and organisations to achieve desired results.
• Actively demonstrates in-depth technical and theoretical knowledge in integration and electronics assembly and can participate at high level in more than one area. Is viewed as an authority in at least one area by peers and managers.
• Able to take responsibility for diverse or complex technical activities where it is necessary to use own initiative and judgement, implementing innovative solutions in business-critical situations.
• Has sound experience of supervising a group or team within an operational environment and experience of managing performance within the team.

It would be great if you also had:

• A Supervisory or Management qualification.
• Chartered status with a relevant professional institution.
• Active membership of a professional body,

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