Community Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Fakenham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Fakenham is seeking a Community Healthcare Assistant to join their dedicated team. This role involves delivering high-quality care to patients within their homes, contributing to a supportive and motivated team. Applicants are required to have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to patient care. Competitive salary offered (£24,937 to £26,598 pro-rata).

Qualifications

• Ideal for those with NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge.
• Experience in a care setting preferred, not essential.
• Good IT skills and team-oriented attitude essential.

Responsibilities

• Join community nursing team, providing care seven days a week.
• Work autonomously visiting patients in their homes.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary community team.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Highly motivated

Ability to provide high standards of care

Tact and diplomacy

Empathy and sensitivity

Ability to use own initiative

Good observational and reporting skills

Ability to manage stressful situations

A team player

Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs

Good basic IT/standard keyboard skills

Education

NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge of experience

NVQ 3

Experience of working within a care setting

Job description

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Community Healthcare Assistant

Closing date: 13 November 2025

We are looking for a highly motivated Community Health Care Assistant to join our community nursing team based in Fakenham and Holt covering Fakenham, Wells, Holt and Sheringham GP surgeries.

Main duties of the job

This is an ideal opportunity for career progression and experience within a community setting. The trust has recently achieved outstanding from CQC and we are proud to say we are the first community trust to have achieved this accolade. This is a testament to the forward progressive nature of the trust and our commitment to delivering high quality care in sometimes challenging environments.

IT skills will be essential within this role. Training in IT systems for this role will be undertaken as part of a comprehensive induction programme. You will be working in a team setting and would be expected to feedback any concerns to senior members of the team and be an effective team player.

About us

Working in the picturesque North Norfolk area our patch covers a wide area in and around the beautiful Norfolk coast and encompasses beautiful rural coastal villages such as Blakeney, Cley and Burnham Overy-Staithe rich in history, culture and wildlife.

If this post excites you, and you are looking to improve your quality of life working in rural Norfolk as part of this developing role we look forward to your application. If you wish to discuss any aspects please contact Carr Varley, Clinical Operations Manager at [e-mail]

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated Community Health Care Assistant to join our community nursing team, covering the service seven days a week. This role is key to the on-going development of the locality. You will eventually be working in an autonomous capacity seeing a group delegated patients in their own homes. Current experience working in a community setting would be beneficial but is not essential.

Your role will be key to integrated working within the community team which consists of community nurses, community matrons, therapists, assistant practitioners, other health care assistants and phlebotomists. The successful applicant must demonstrate that they can undertake appropriate assessment of patients in their own home, manage care plans and deliver treatment within a multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills with the support of experienced therapy and nursing staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge of experience
• NVQ3
• Experience of working within a care setting

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good interpersonal skills
• Highly motivated
• Ability to provide high standards of care
• Tact and diplomacy
• Empathy and sensitivity
• Ability to use own initiative
• Good observational and reporting skills
• Ability to manage stressful situations
• A team Player
• Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
• Good basic IT/standard keyboard skills

Personal Qualities

• Ability to kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments
• Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata