Health Care Support Worker

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust; Thornton; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Increased mileage rates

Health and wellbeing support

Development opportunities

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (D

Job summary

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Health care support worker to deliver compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals in their own homes within Bradford's North locality. You will work within the Adult Community Nursing Services, providing a range of in-home interventions with supervision from clinicians.

The role includes training in wound care, diabetes management (including insulin), and assistance with enteral feeding and medication administration.

Qualifications

• Experience caring for patients in the community setting.
• NVQ or equivalent qualifications or relevant experience.
• Full training provided in skills such as wound care and diabetes management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality care to patients in their own homes.
• Collaborate with the Primary Health Care team as part of district nursing.
• Be available for a seven-day rota with shifts 8-9pm.
• Participate in training and development opportunities.

Skills

Compassionate care

Home visits

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Wound care

Diabetes management

Insulin administration

Medication administration

Independent work

Education

NVQ or equivalent qualifications

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 03/09/2026

Shortlisting 04/09/2026

Interviewing 25/09/2026

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

• 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