Healthcare Assistant career guide

Live healthcare assistant roles plus reconciled 2026 salary data by region.

8897 live healthcare assistant roles

Support Worker

Accrington

£200 for every successful employee…

From every day life, to changing someone's world. Join Lifeways in Accrington, where your support truly transforms lives.

Social Care Full-time
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Care Assistant

Burgess Hill

£13.45 per hour. Additional benefits…

Across Horsham, Crawley, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and Bognor. Looking for a rewarding career in care?

Social Care Full-time
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Support Worker

Kingston upon Hull

£13.45 per hour

Priory Supported Living Hull and East Riding has an opportunity for a Support Worker to join our team in HU7 offering support for 12 people who are…

Healthcare
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Support Worker

Pontypool / Pont Y P??L

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Mountain View House is looking for Support Workers to join the team, on 12.5hour days. The shift patterns are 07:45-20:15.

Healthcare
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Partner Support Worker

Thornbury

£26,140–£31,400

A unique and rewarding opportunity to join Cranstoun’s Positive Relationships Gloucestershire service as an Integrated Partner Support Worker.

Healthcare Permanent
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Support Worker - Mental Health

London

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At Hestia, we are guided by our core values and are dedicated to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation.

Healthcare
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Care Support Worker

Colchester

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Do you love making a difference? Are you the kind of person who brings warmth, energy, and compassion wherever you go?

Social Care
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Support Worker

Wallington

£29,245

Are you a positive, engaging and caring person that wants to make a real difference to the world?

Healthcare
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Children's Support Worker

Remote

£21,361

We are recruiting for a Children’s Support Worker who will be working closely with children and their parents who are living in our refuges escaping…

Remote Healthcare
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Healthcare Assistant salary by region (2026)

RegionSalary range (median)
Wales (indicative)
6 live adverts
£27,500 – £32,800 (midpoint £30,750)
South West (indicative)
5 live adverts
£25,437 – £37,000 (midpoint £29,000)
North East (indicative)
16 live adverts
£26,229 – £44,720 (midpoint £28,054)
Northern Ireland (indicative)
5 live adverts
£25,082 – £29,350 (midpoint £26,228)
East of England (indicative)
9 live adverts
£20,361 – £28,610 (midpoint £24,785)
London (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£22,000 – £26,000 (midpoint £24,000)
South East (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£21,000 – £25,000 (midpoint £23,000)
Scotland (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£21,000 – £25,000 (midpoint £23,000)
Midlands (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£20,000 – £24,000 (midpoint £22,000)
North West (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£20,000 – £24,000 (midpoint £22,000)
Yorkshire (indicative)
no live adverts yet: baseline range
£20,000 – £23,500 (midpoint £21,750)

Methodology: medians reconcile live advertised UK salaries for this role and region; 25th–75th percentiles are shown only where at least 5 live salaried listings back them. They are measured or omitted, never interpolated. Rows marked indicative are anchored to our curated 2026 baseline ranges until enough live data accrues. Listings advertising an implausible annual figure (a mislabelled hourly or daily rate) are excluded rather than converted, because converting one means guessing the hours behind it.

Market view. The Care Certificate, experience and specialty (theatre/ICU support) lift pay. Right to work, enhanced DBS and mandatory training are essential. We check each of these before placement.
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FAQs

What does a healthcare assistant earn?

Indicatively £20,000–£26,000 permanent (Band 2–3), with hourly agency premiums on top.

What do employers require of an HCA?

Right to work, enhanced DBS, mandatory training and (often) the Care Certificate.

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