Health Care Assistant (Fixed Term Until June 2026)

NHS; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Fixed Term Healthcare Assistant in Ormskirk. This role involves supporting the community nursing teams by providing care in patients' homes for various conditions. Responsibilities include assisting nursing care, maintaining necessary skills, and delivering care as per guidelines. The ideal candidate holds an NVQ level 2/3 and possesses strong communication and organizational skills. This position offers a competitive salary of £23,875 per year and benefits including flexible working. Apply now to join a team dedicated to transforming health and care.

Benefits

Group pension access

Free tea, coffee, and milk

Discounts on everyday purchases

Access to online mental and physical well-being help

Opportunities for continuing professional development

Innovative funding for implementation of ideas

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent qualification or experience required.
• Driving licence necessary for travel to service users' homes.
• Nursing students encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing nursing care within patients' homes.
• Maintain necessary knowledge and skills for quality service.
• Provide clerical support to the team as needed.
• Deliver care according to policies and procedures.
• Report changes in condition of patients to the Team Leader.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Organisational skills

Confidence using IT systems

Flexibility

Education

NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

Working closely with our Community Nursing Teams, as a Fixed Term Healthcare Assistant you will support and assist the senior team members to provide care to people in their own homes for a wide range of conditions including diabetes, wound and end of life care. Our work is crucial to the community as we aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.

As part of our community nursing team we empower our staff to work autonomously and with flexibility by providing them with state of the art new tablets for them to be able to check in from home, write their notes up on the go and allow them to not be trapped in an office base, so they can really enjoy working in their chosen community background!

Please note that this role is Fixed Term Until June 2026.

Responsibilities

• Assist in providing nursing care as delegated by the Team Leader within patients homes.
• Maintain knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver a quality service that is responsive to the changing needs of patients.
• Provide clerical and administrative support to the team as delegated by the Senior Sister/Team Sister.
• Deliver care in accordance with organisation policies, procedures and guidelines, according to competencies.
• Report any changes in condition of the patient to the Team Leader or in their absence the designated nurse in charge of the caseload.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent/appropriate qualification/experience.
• Strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach.
• Driving licence, allowing travel to service users' homes within the area of West Lancashire.
• Confidence using IT systems and working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel).
• Nursing students encouraged to apply.

Benefits

• A salary of £23,875 per year with access to our group pension.
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing through healthy recipes and activity challenges, post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

Details

• Date posted: 02 Rhagfyr 2025
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £23,875 to £23,875 a year
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 6 months
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: HCRGCG/TP/42452/17821
• Job location: HCRG Care Group, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 8JU

Background checks

• 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 website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com