Band 3 Health Care Assistant - East Locality Clinics

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Clinic healthcare support worker to join its East Locality team. This role involves supporting nurse-managed clinics and providing care for non-housebound patients needing clinical interventions. Candidates should have experience in wound care, particularly with leg ulcers and compression therapy. The position offers flexible hours, Monday to Friday, and does not require driving, although it is preferable. Training will be provided to enhance skills.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting healthcare teams in community settings.
• Ability to follow care plans and implement care effectively.
• Understanding of multidisciplinary team dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Support nurse manage clinics across Locality.
• Work with non-housebound patients requiring clinical interventions.
• Deliver high-quality patient care within health centers.

Skills

Experience in wound care

Knowledge of leg ulcers

Compression therapy skills

Catheter care experience

Holistic care approach

Job description

A Vacancy at Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Clinic-based position supporting nurse manage clinics across Locality.

Driving not essential. Flexible working hours can be discussed. Monday to Friday - no weekends or bank holidays.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the East Locality in the role of Clinic healthcare support worker. The successful candidate will work as a Clinic HCA as part of the community nursing teams supporting non housebound patients that require clinical interventions that are deemed complex and therefore do not meet practice nurse criteria. You will need to be able to travel to the clinic sites. You will provide a holistic approach to individuals, that includes, following care plans and implementation of care.

The successful candidate should have experience of wound care, with a particular interest in caring for leg ulcers, compression therapy and lymphoedema care as well as catheter care.

The post holder will work as part of the integrated Multidisciplinary team under the supervision of the Clinical Team Manager. He / She will be accountable for the delivery of high quality care to patients within health centers. Working with other members of the IMT to provide care to and promote health/well being and independence for patients on the team caseload, working closely with other partners/stakeholders including GP’s, Tissue Viability and vascular clinics.

IMPORTANT

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• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.

Be Part of Our Team

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ’Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

Training and development will be provided to support successful candidates in achieving competence in these areas.

IMT clinics currently operate between the hours of 8 am to 6pm over 5 days per week and the working pattern for the successful candidate would only be Monday to Friday at present, however with any further development of clinics for non housebound patients this may be expanded in the future. This post requires the successful candidates to be able to travel between sites so a full driving license and car is preferable however not essential.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.