Healthcare Assistant Lodge

Healthcare Assistant – Full Time (44 hours weekly) – Wokingham

Salary £29,481.65 per year (£12.85 per hour). Contractual hours 44 per week. Full-time. Region:
South (Wokingham). Job reference: OPR
0000759. Posted: 14/07/2026.

Optalis, the adult social care delivery partner for Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council, is looking for a Healthcare Assistant to support residents at Suffolk Lodge, a purpose‑built care home in Wokingham town centre. The role offers a warm, community‑focused environment with day and night shift availability.

• Provide personal care, nursing care and medication support as required.
• Assist with household tasks and prepare home‑cooked meals.
• Help manage residents’ health needs and support with sleepover shifts and overnight assistance.
• Maintain links with friends, family and the community.
• Facilitate activities and social opportunities.

• Perkbox rewards package with discounts on cinema, shopping, health, travel and insurance.
• 25 days annual leave (pro‑rated), rising annually to a maximum of 30 days plus 8 bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday.
• Additional health and wellbeing day.
• Comprehensive paid training and development programme.
• Excellent career progression opportunities and support.
• Voice in service forums and opportunity to make a difference.
• STAR awards – reward scheme for staff who have gone the extra mile.
• Generous pension scheme.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check and provide proof of their right to work in the UK. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The DBS clearance level required is Enhanced with Adult Barred list.

Please apply online or email your CV details to alison.reeves
.

We anticipate this role being popular and reserve the right to close early if a large volume of applications is received.