Health Care Support Worker

Provide Community; Maldon; On-site; AUD 49,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide CIC in Maldon is seeking experienced Health Care Support Workers to join our Community Nursing Teams across the Mid Essex area, delivering high-quality, person-centred care to adults in their own homes and care settings. Working alongside registered staff, you will deliver delegated nursing care, support pathways of care, and perform routine blood sampling (phlebotomy training can be provided).

A car driver with access to a vehicle is required, and you will engage with patients and

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent.
• Car driver with access to a car.
• Phlebotomy experience preferred or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Provide delegated nursing care alongside a multidisciplinary team.
• Assist in ensuring appropriate care pathways and observe changes in patients' conditions.
• Perform routine blood sampling; training can be provided for phlebotomy.
• Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and other health professionals.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Driver

Observation skills

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

Job description

Experience Essential criteria

Main area Community Nursing Grade 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern includes evenings and weekends) Job ref 828-PROVIDE4298

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site St Peters Hospital Town Maldon Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 08/10/2026 23:59

Job Overview

We are looking for experienced Health Care Support Workers to join our Community Nursing Teams across the Mid Essex area, providing high- quality, person centred care to adults in their own homes and care settings.

Working alongside registered staff, you will play an important part in delivering delegated nursing care and support the provision of a highly specialised Community Nursing Service. This will include assisting registered staff in ensuring appropriate pathways of care are followed for patients requiring those services. Performing routine blood sampling will be a core day-to-day duty to support patients diagnostics and care. Previous experience in phlebotomy is therefore preferred but not essential as training can be provided.

You will also, contribute to the assessment and the treatment of individual patients within the nursing caseload, recognizing and reporting any changes in their condition or care needs to registered staff. Effective communication with patients, relatives and health care professionals is central to your role and essential to support the delivery of an integrated, holistic approach to patient care.

Main duties of the job

• Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
• Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.
• Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.
• Experience in undertaking phlebotomy or willingness to learn.
• Possess basic computer skills.
• Willing to develop in your role and adjust your responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.
• Able to work flexibly on a roster basis.
• A car driver with access to a car.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times

Vision

Transforming Lives

Values

Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission

An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Eligible for NHS Pension

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for a full list of responsibilities for this role within Provide.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.

Desirable criteria

Desirable criteria

• Previous experience of lone working.

Circumstances

Essential criteria

• Car driver with access to a car.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Phlebotomy Experience.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent.

Further Information

How will we contact you?

• All correspondence for this post will be by email or text messaging. Please register for text messages on your TRAC account. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly to ensure that email filters are set to allow our mails.
• As we often have many applicants for jobs at Provide, we regret that we will only be able to contact those external applicants who are shortlisted for interview. Therefore if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then please assume you have not been shortlisted for interview on this particular occasion. Internal candidates who are unsuccessful can seek feedback from the recruiting manager.
• If you wish to contact the Recruitment Team, please do this via [e-mail]
• If you wish to contact the Recruiting Manager about the vacancy/role or for feedback after interview, their details are provided within the advert.

Checking progress on your application?

To check progress on your application, please log into your TRAC account. We aim to keep you updated on the status of your application as soon as we can.

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.