Community Healthcare Support Worker

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

Job summary

A community healthcare organization in the UK is looking for a dedicated Community Healthcare Support Worker. This role involves maintaining the health and well-being of patients in their homes, particularly supporting older individuals with mental health challenges, including Dementia. You must have experience as a care assistant, the ability to implement care plans, and a full UK-driving licence. Join a dynamic team that makes a difference in the local community.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as a care assistant in a health care environment.
• Evidence of ability to implement prescribed programmes of care for a range of conditions.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain patient’s health and well-being in their own homes.
• Support older people with mental health needs, including Dementia.
• Promote independence and assist in managing long-term conditions.

Skills

Experience as a care assistant

Ability to implement care programmes

Driving Licence

Education

NVQ 3 in healthcare related subject

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Healthcare Support Worker

Closing date is 21 January 2026

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

We currently have the following opportunities available:

• A full‑time (37.5 hours per week) role covering Eastleigh and Romsey based at Newton House and operating 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 0800 to 2000, 7 days a week.
• A part‑time (22.5 hours per week) role covering the East based out of Bitterne Health centre operating 0830 to 2000, 7 days a week.
• Full and part time roles in our central location based from Thomas Lewis House operating 0830 to 2000, 7 days a week.
• Part‑time (22.5 hours per week) role covering Chandlers Ford which operates 0800 to 2000, 7 days a week.
• A part‑time (22.5 hours per week) role in the Bordon and Petersfield Community Older Persons Mental Health (OPMH) Team based at Chase Hospital. This role covers Petersfield, Bordon and some of Waterlooville – working Monday‑Friday 0900‑1700.

Please note that other than the OPMH Teams, these roles require weekends and bank holidays, with an expectation of working 1 in 4 weekends.

The role will include home visiting and lone working without direct supervision. The scope of the role will focus on supporting admission avoidance, supported discharge and promotion of independence and assisting in the effective management of patients with long‑term conditions and older people with mental health problems.

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 year – based on full time hours