Community Healthcare Support Worker

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Fordingbridge; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in England is seeking experienced Community Healthcare Support Workers to join their community teams. The roles involve providing care to patients in their homes, particularly for older individuals with mental health needs. Candidates should have relevant experience, a NVQ 3 qualification or willingness to undertake it, and a full UK driving licence. The position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career development.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering care delegated from registered professionals.
• Ability to manage a workload under supervision.
• Willingness to undertake a driving role.

Responsibilities

• Manage workload under direction of qualified staff.
• Provide physical and psychological care to service users.
• Observe and report changes in clients' health.

Skills

Relevant experience as a care assistant

Ability to implement prescribed programmes of care

Full UK driving licence

Education

NVQ 3 in health care related subject or willingness to undertake

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Healthcare Support Worker

The closing date is 07 December 2025

Exciting opportunities have arisen for experienced Healthcare Support Workers to join our friendly and dynamic community teams.

We currently have the below opportunities available:

• A full time (37.5 hours per week) role covering Eastleigh and Romsey which is based at Newton House and operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. This is an Older Person's Community Mental Health Team supporting older people with mental health needs, including those with Dementia.
• A part time (30 hours per week) role in the West New Forest area (Ringwood and Fordingbridge) which operates 8am-8pm Monday to Sunday.

These are diverse roles offering responsibility for maintaining patient's health and well-being in their own homes, with the aim of avoiding any unnecessary admissions into Acute Hospital In-Patient setting. Our aim is to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, wellbeing and independence of the people we care for. We deliver these services to our community so you will feel a real sense of achievement and that your work makes a difference to local people's lives.

If you are committed to providing high quality patient care, and enjoy working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment, please contact us and apply today!

Main duties of the job

To manage own workload under the direction and supervision of professionally qualified staff.

To provide physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of care

To observe, report and record changes in the clients physical, mental health and behaviour in accordance with the care plan.

To undertake prescribed physical observations as required in accordance with the care plan.

To work collaboratively with the service user and as appropriate their family, friends and carers, to maintain and or facilitate the achievement of recovery focussed goals.

To be an integrated member of a multi-disciplinary team working in partnership with colleagues from other disciplines, teams and services.

Review of medication for efficacy and adverse side effects

Signposting to appropriate services.

To participate in and where required facilitate therapeutic group work

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as a care assistant in a health care environment.Evidence of delivering care delegated from a range of registered professionals, in particular nursing.Evidence of ability to implement prescribed programmes of care for a range of conditions.NVQ 3 in health care related subject or willingness to undertake
• *FULL UK DRIVING LICENCE is required at time of applying for role.*

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearBased on full time hours