Dementia care jobs
Care assistant and nursing shifts in residential and nursing dementia homes across England, Scotland and Wales. Tell us what you are looking for and we will come back to you with roles near you.
Quick enquiry
Just want to see what is out there?
Leave your details and we will come back to you with the roles we have near you, and what they pay. It takes about twenty seconds.
The work
What dementia care work actually looks like
The practical care is the same care work you already know, helping people wash and dress, mealtimes, keeping records straight. What makes dementia care its own thing is everything around that: knowing when to slow down, when to change the subject, when to just sit with someone, and how to have the same conversation warmly for the tenth time.
Homes usually split dementia care into two. Residential dementia, where residents need support with daily living and a settled, familiar routine. And nursing dementia, where you work alongside registered nurses for residents with higher needs. Tell us which you have done and we will match you to it.
The work
Residential and nursing dementia
Dementia care runs across residential and nursing homes, days and nights. Tell us where you are comfortable and we will keep to it.
Residential dementia
Supporting residents with daily living in a calm, familiar setting, where routine and a friendly face do a lot of the work.
Nursing dementia
Higher-needs care alongside registered nurses, for residents whose dementia sits with other health conditions.
Days and nights
Dementia does not keep to daytime. Nights are quieter but ask for patience with residents who are restless or unsettled.
Called something else?
Care assistant, senior care assistant, nurse
Whether your badge says care assistant, senior care assistant or registered nurse, dementia homes need you. If you have done your NVQ or hold nursing registration, say so when you enquire. Experience with the harder days, distress, wandering, resistance to care, is worth mentioning too, because it is exactly what these homes are looking for.
Looking more broadly at care home work? Our care assistant page covers residential and nursing homes of every kind.
Why Novello
Straight answers, then the work
Tell us what you are after and we will tell you what we have got, what it pays and where it is. If it suits you, our app takes it from there.
You see the pay first
Every shift shows its rate before you accept it. No ringing round to find out what it is worth.
You pick your shifts
Days, nights, weekends, relief. Book what fits around the rest of your life, not the other way round.
Your compliance, in one place
Training, DBS and documents live in one place, so you are not digging out the same certificate twice.
Where we work
Across England, Scotland and Wales
Care work is everywhere, and so are we. We add new locations every week.
Tell us what you are looking for
Leave your details and we will come back to you with dementia care roles near you.
Call 0333 307 8897 · hello@novellohealthcare.com
