Community Healthcare Support Worker

NHS; Havant; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in England is seeking a dedicated Community Healthcare Support Worker in Havant. This role involves providing care to housebound patients, working within an Integrated Care Team, and supporting patients with complex needs. Candidates should possess NVQ 3 in healthcare and relevant experience. The position requires a full driving license and offers an opportunity to make a significant impact in community healthcare.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Relevant experience as a care assistant in a health care environment.
• Ability to implement prescribed programmes of care.
• Experience in delivering care delegated by registered professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to housebound patients with complex needs.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team.
• Engage in home visits and lone working without supervision.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Proactive attitude

Education

NVQ 3 in health care related subject

Literate and Numerate

Full Driving License

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Community Healthcare Support Worker

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Foundation Healthcare Trust has exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Support Worker to join the Havant Community Care Team. The post covers five days per week and working one weekend in four.

Working in the community you will be providing care to housebound patients with complex care needs, enabling patients to receive the care they need in their own home.

This is an excellent opportunity if you are thinking of joining a community team or broadening and gaining new experiences. We are looking for enthusiastic, caring & motivated professional with excellent clinical & communication skills, who has the ability to work autonomously, supporting the team lead to manage the case load and staff development.

The post holders must have relevant experience in health care and demonstrate a proactive and positive attitude to learning the skills required to fulfill the role.

You will be joining a leading organisation that is both forward thinking and innovative. HIOWH NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the quality of community health services across Hampshire and takes pride in rewarding the success of its staff.

Access to a vehicle and possession of a full driving license is essential.

Further enquiries and informal visits are welcome please call: Community Matron Christine Derrick: 07733101249

Main duties of the job

To work within the multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team that delivers community based services to a GP Practice population, undertaking nursing tasks within agreed parameters, set out by the registered practitioners.

The job will include home visiting and lone working without direct supervision.

The scope of the role will focus on supporting admission avoidance, early 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 provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

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

• Literate and Numerate
• NVQ 3 in health care related subject or willingness to undertake
• Full Driving License

Experience

• 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.

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