Health Care Support Worker

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Training and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Health Care Support Worker to provide compassionate care in patients' homes within the North locality of Bradford. You will join the Adult Community Nursing Services, visiting patients on a seven-day rota.

Full training will be provided in wound care, diabetes management including insulin administration, and support with enteral feeding and medications under clinician supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience working with patients in community settings preferred.
• NVQ or equivalent qualification or relevant experience.
• Able to travel to patients' homes and work with a seven-day rota.

Responsibilities

• Deliver home-based care as part of the community nursing team.
• Assist with wound care, diabetes management, insulin administration.
• Support patients with enteral feeding and medications under supervision.
• Maintain flexible rota across 7 days.

Skills

Home visiting experience

Wound care training

Diabetes management (insulin)

Enteral feeding support

Education

NVQ or equivalent qualification or experience

Job description

Are you enthusiastic and committed to delivering high quality compassionate care to people in their own home , if so then a health care support worker role in community nursing is the ideal job for you.
We have vacancies in the North locality of Bradford
As a Health care support worker you will work as part of the planned care community nursing service delivering care to people living in their own home environment .
We will support you to develop skills that will enable you to carry out a variety of interventions, appropriately delegated by a clinician in the team. You will be given full training in wound care , diabetes management including insulin administration, you will also support patients who require support with enteral feeding regimes and medication administration . These are a few examples of the types of skills you will be developing with a comprehensive training package underpinning these skills
The successful candidate will have experience of working with patients ideally in the community setting and appropriate NVQ or equivalent qualifications or experience.
As an agile worker you will need to be able to move around independently and in a timely manner as you will be visiting patients in their own home.
Closing date 1st November 2026
Shortlisting 2nd November 2026
Interviewing TBC
To work as part of the Adult Community Nursing Services over a 7 day period.
Ensuring high quality health care is delivered to patients in their homes as an integrated part of the mainstream Integrated District Nursing service. To work in collaboration with the wider Primary Health Care team, whilst participating in the assessment of health needs and delivering of care to the practice population. The service is delivered over a seven day rota. with a shift range from 8- 9pm 7 days a week
We have great development opportunities for our Health care support workers supporting apprenticeship programmes to undertake pre registration training to be come a registered nurse or Nursing associate.
This position is not eligible for sponsorship set by the Home Office and the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you are currently a visa holder and your visa status expires, we may be required to terminate your employment in compliance with immigration regulations.
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
Benefits We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Linda Martin Job title: Community Lead Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07738985417