Community Healthcare Assistant

Transformation Unit; North Walsham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Healthcare Assistant (Band 3) to join the community nursing team in North Walsham. The role is part-time (33.75 hours/week) with flexible working and a pro rata salary of £25,760–£27,476 per year.

You will work across homes, clinics and local settings, delivering compassionate care in the community. The post supports NHS values and requires a caring, flexible individual who can cover Monday–Sunday shifts.

Qualifications

• NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge or experience.
• Experience in a care setting is desirable.
• Ability to work flexibly and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Undertake basic observations including blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring, pulse and respiration rates.
• Support administration of insulin for diabetic patients.
• Undertake basic wound care, including dressing changes and simple wound assessment.
• Provide basic pressure relieving equipment and conduct pressure ulcer risk assessment.
• Perform venepuncture as required.
• Organise your day with flexibility to meet patient/service needs.

Skills

Good interpersonal skills

Highly motivated

Empathy and sensitivity

IT/keyboard skills

Education

NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge or experience

Job description

Main area Community Nursing Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

33.75 hours per week (Covering Monday-Sunday) Job ref 839-8419071-BM

Employer East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site NN2 Community Nursing Team Town North Walsham Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 22/11/2026 23:59

Community Healthcare Assistant

Band 3

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust delivers expert healthcare in people’s homes, community hospitals and local settings across the East of England.

Our nurses, therapists, clinicians, support teams and partners work together to provide coordinated care that supports independence, recovery and wellbeing. We believe people are best cared for close to home, in the communities where they live and belong.

By combining professional expertise with strong local relationships, we help people stay well, feel supported and access the right care at the right time. Expert healthcare, close to home, trusted by our communities.

Different ideas, experiences and backgrounds make us stronger and more creative and applications from all walks of life are welcomed. Our processes ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is committed to creating a modern and inclusive work environment. We actively promote flexible working opportunities where possible to meet the needs and wishes of our workforce and maintain and improve their wellbeing. We also offer flexible working patterns and we would encourage you to discuss this with the recruiting manager before or during the application process if this would interest you.

We welcome applications from people who share our values and can help us deliver outstanding care in our local community.

Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Before applying for this vacancy, please make sure you’re familiar with ongoing GOV.uk sponsorship eligibility criteria which will impact the organisations ability to provide sponsorship, whether this is currently or in the future.

Job overview

We are looking for a highly motivated Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team.

If you have a positive “can do” attitude that reflects the Trust values of Integrity, Compassion, Inclusion and Ambition, we would love to hear from you!

Working in the picturesque North Norfolk area our patch covers an area delivering care to patients from North Walsham, Cromer, Mundesley, Paston and Aldborough GP surgeries.

This is an ideal opportunity for career progression and experience within a community setting. The job requires someone to deliver high standards of health care to patients within their own homes, care homes, the travelling community and in clinics, by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating packages of care.

NB. In-person interviews will be held at North Walsham Hospital, Yarmouth Road, Norfolk NR28 9AP

Main duties of the job

A typical day involves:

• Undertaking basic observations including blood pressure, oxygen saturation, blood glucose monitoring, pulse and respiration rates.
• Supporting administration of insulin for diabetic patients.
• Undertaking basic wound care, including dressing changes and simple wound assessment.
• Provision of basic pressure relieving equipment and pressure ulcer risk assessment and advice.
• Venepuncture
• Ability to organise your day, adopt flexibility to different patient needs and that of the service.

The ability to work as part of the team and to have a flexible approach to work is essential. There is clear competency and training programme in place to support you to obtain the skills required for this role. The service operates between 8.00am – 6.00pm, seven days a week, and you will be required to work shifts between these times .

Working for our organisation

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. Applications from candidates requiring sponsorship to work in the UK cannot be considered.

Achieving 'Outstanding' from CQC is a testament to the forward progressive nature of the Trust and our commitment to delivering high quality care in sometimes challenging environments.

The service offers a commitment to ongoing personal development and offers a supportive, friendly network of colleagues.

North Norfolk offers beautiful countryside, beaches and many towns and buildings of historic interest, as well as being within close proximity to the city of Norwich which offers many cultural and leisure amenities.

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 and workforce we look forward to your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

An ambition for NCH&C is to create a culture that embraces flexibility in working within a 24/7 service wherever possible, and providing the tools to support this. Therefore if you are interested in a role though would need a flexible working pattern please don't let that put you off applying - we are really wanting to support all applicants and meet their needs taking into consider their work life balance.

Person specification

Qualifications

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

Knowledge, Skills and Ability

• Good interpersonal skills
• Highly motivated and able to provide high standards of care
• Tact and diplomacy showing empathy and sensitivity with ability to use own initiative
• Good observational and reporting skills with ability to manage stressful situations
• A team Player who can work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs with good basic IT/standard keyboard skills

Personal Qualities

• Ability to kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments
• Ability to manoeuvre patients using handling aids
• Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
• Able to drive and have access to a vehicle to use for work purposes

Equal Opportunities - We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Disability Confident Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). All sites are Smoke Free.

Immigration Status – East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust is a diverse employer and welcomes all job applications. However, potential applicants should note that although the Trust is registered with the Home Office as a sponsor organisation for migrant workers, sponsorship can only be offered against Skilled Worker visas. If you are an applicant from outside the UK and do not already hold a self-gained right to work, we recommend you check the Home Office eligibility requirements before making an application.

Please note: Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.

Redeployment- Please note that in the first instance priority for this vacancy will be given to staff who are on the Trusts Redeployment Register.

DBS- this post may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Closing and Interview Dates-This vacancy may close early if sufficient applicants are received.

Data Protection- A privacy notice detailing how we will handle your data is attached to this advert as a document. Your application will be transferred to our recruitment management system (Trac) once the advert has closed and you will receive notification then detailing how Trac will handle your data.

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Our safe recruitment pre-employment checks are undertaken before an appointment is confirmed and may include a DBS check. Where the role requires you to drive, we'll ask you to validate your driving licence online via the DVLA.

In submitting an application, you authorise East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Alison Haynes, Job title Clinical Operations Manager, Email address [e-mail], Telephone number 01692 408013, Additional information

If you wish to discuss any aspects on this vacancy please email: [e-mail] (Alison Haynes, Clinical Operations Manager)