Healthcare Assistant (HCA) | Taunton, Somerset | Up to £22.00 per hour

Location: Taunton, with placements across Somerset

What You’ll Receive

• Up to £22.00 per hour with enhanced rates for nights, weekends and bank holidays

• Weekly or monthly pay, your choice

• Travel costs covered for all placements requiring travel

• Accommodation arranged and paid for where overnight stays are required

• Flexible shifts across Taunton and Somerset chosen entirely around your availability

• Free online and practical training including moving and handling, basic life support and safeguarding

• Uniform, ID badge and DBS covered by us

• 24/7 support from our recruitment and operations team

• Staff referral bonus scheme

About the Role

Advantage Angels is recruiting Healthcare Assistants for flexible agency shifts across Taunton and the wider Somerset area. This role is ideal for experienced HCAs who want maximum variety, the chance to work across different settings and towns, and the freedom to choose every shift they work.

As a Travelling HCA with Advantage Angels, you will work across care homes, nursing homes and supported living services throughout Somerset, from Taunton and Bridgwater to Wellington, Yeovil, Chard and the villages in between. We match you to settings that suit your experience and travel preferences, and our shift coordinators are available seven days a week to keep your diary full.

Where travel is required, your travel costs are covered. Where overnight stays are necessary, accommodation is arranged and paid for by Advantage Angels, so you can take on shifts further afield with no out-of-pocket costs.

Your Responsibilities

As a Travelling Healthcare Assistant with Advantage Angels across Taunton and Somerset you will:

• Assist residents with personal care and daily living activities across a range of care settings

• Support mobility, comfort and wellbeing of service users

• Provide emotional support and companionship

• Work alongside Registered Nurses and wider care teams across multiple settings

• Maintain accurate care records in line with CQC standards

• Adapt quickly to different care environments, client groups and working practices

• Represent Advantage Angels professionally in every placement

What We’re Looking For

• A minimum of 3 months paid UK care experience in a care home, nursing home or hospital setting

• A genuine passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred care

• Willingness and ability to travel across Somerset and surrounding areas, with all travel costs covered

• The right to work in the UK. We do not offer visa sponsorship

• No criminal convictions

• Flexibility and adaptability to work across different settings, client groups and locations

• Up to date mandatory training certificates including a practical moving and handling certificate

• Confident using a floor hoist, Sara Steady and other moving and handling equipment