Health Care Assistant - Hospital at Home | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in the UK is looking for a compassionate Healthcare Assistant for the Hospital at Home team. In this role, you will provide and monitor patient care, establish therapeutic relationships, and support health and well-being. Experience in community and acute settings is essential, along with competencies in performing venepuncture and ECG. The position offers a competitive benefits package, flexible working opportunities, and a chance to make a meaningful impact in patient care.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience in community and acute settings required.
• Ability to perform venepuncture and ECG essential.
• Good communication skills for patient interaction necessary.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Hospital at Home team for patient assessments.
• Monitor and provide patient care in line with service pathways.
• Visit patients at home to review health progress.

Skills

Experience in community and acute settings

Ability to perform venepuncture

Good communication skills

Compassionate care

Support for remote monitoring

Job description

Overview

We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity as a Healthcare assistant for the Hospital at Home team. This is a combination of community and acute working.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Hospital at Home team to contribute to ongoing assessments of patients.
• Provide and monitor patient care in line with service pathways.
• Monitor condition and health needs of patients on a continual basis.
• Establish effective communication with patients/carers to enable therapeutic relationships.
• Visit patients at home to review progress against established pathway.
• Escalate concerns to clinical team where required.
• Provide home visits to obtain blood samples, capillary blood gases, ECG, delivery equipment and other clinical tasks.
• Assist in remote monitoring of patients.
• Work alongside the MDT.
• Support patients to improve and maintain mental, physical, behavioural health and well-being.
• Promote comfort and well-being by ensuring patients’ personal and social needs are met.
• Provide evidence-based care for service users under supervision of registered nurses.

Qualifications

Experience in community and acute settings. Ability to perform venepuncture, capillary blood gases, ECG. Good communication skills. Compassionate, safe and effective care. Ability to work with MDT. Support for remote monitoring.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package including annual leave allowance
• Flexible working opportunities
• Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

About the Trust

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community.

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025