Community Healthcare Assistant | Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; The Crescent; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the UK is seeking a Health Care Assistant to provide nursing care to patients in their homes. The role requires prior experience in a Healthcare Assistant role, excellent communication skills, and a flexible approach to shifts. Candidates must have access to a vehicle for travel and a dedication to high-quality patient care. This position offers full-time and part-time options with competitive opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience within a Healthcare Assistant role.
• Ability to work on a ward or in an intermediate care service.
• Access to a vehicle for travel to patients' homes.

Responsibilities

• Undertake delegated clinical procedures such as wound care.
• Provide clinical and personal support for patients.
• Advise carers on managing care between visits.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Motivated

Use of initiative

Hardworking

Job description

Overview

We have an opportunity to recruit a Health Care Assistant (HCA) into our community nursing teams. This is a full-time and part-time role of 30 hours per week. The community nursing team provides nursing care to patients in their homes who require our services.

The ideal candidate will already be working within a Healthcare Assistant role with experience of working on a ward or in an intermediate care service. You will be required to be hardworking, motivated and have excellent communication skills. You will be able to demonstrate that you use your initiative and have a keen interest in working with this group of patients. Access to a vehicle for travel to and from patients homes is necessary when on duty. Mileage is claimable via the Trust expenses system. We have a variety of shifts throughout the 7 day service and you may be required to work alongside the occasional night shift. Visits to the team pre interview are welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Undertake clinical procedures, as delegated by senior staff, such as wound care, wound assessments, pressure area care, venepuncture including capillary INRs, catheter care and observations, for which he/she is accountable for.
• Additionally you will be given training for all nursing care tasks delegated by the senior nurse.
• Provide clinical support / personal support for patients with complex needs, under the direction of senior staff.
• Advise carers and/or patients how to manage care in between visits, and promote health education on an individual basis as directed by senior staff.
• To keep up to date with statutory and mandatory training requirements.
• Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care.
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care.
• Work with the multi-disciplinary team/ICT, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.
• Contribute to the ICT achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery.
• Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services.

About Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide development opportunities for all staff and offer a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training. We support a healthy work-life balance and aim to work with our staff to meet their needs and those of our service and its users.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work flexibly, recognizing that flexibility may mean different working patterns and hours.

Role Details

To provide support and deliver care to patients within their own home, under the clinical guidance of trained clinicians supported by Trust policies and procedures. Undertake all aspects of a community HCA role which will include, once training has been undertaken by the post holder:

• Catheter insertion, bladder maintenance, teaching catheter care.
• Venepuncture, urgent and routine requests along with INR capillary testing.
• Wound care, including surgical wounds, pressure ulcers, leg ulcers management.
• Observations, including NEWS2.
• Participate in Frimley Excellence programme or changes to practice.
• There may be some administrative tasks delegated to the post holder alongside this clinical role.
• Work as part of a team, facing the future and being committed to excellence.

For further information please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Important Visa Information

Important information for applicants requiring visa sponsorship: Recent changes to UK immigration rules may affect eligibility for a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa. Sponsorship may not be possible if the role does not meet the minimum salary threshold set by UKVI, is not included on the Immigration Salary List (ISL), or is below RQF Level 6 (graduate level). These restrictions may also apply if you are currently on a Graduate Visa and are seeking to switch to a Skilled Worker Visa. Please check eligibility under the latest UKVI requirements before applying. Applications from candidates who do not meet the criteria cannot be progressed.

Note: This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025.