Healthcare Assistant

Herefordshire And Worcestershire Health And Care Nhs Trust; Charlton; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days leave + bank holidays

NHS pension

Flexible working

Maternity/paternity/adoption support

Staff networks

Wellbeing opportunities

Job summary

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the Stroke & General Rehab Inpatient Unit at Evesham Community Hospital. The post is full-time (37.5 hours per week) and involves working closely with the MDT to meet rehabilitation goals and develop new skills.

The role supports patients in a caring, compassionate NHS environment, with opportunities for professional development, flexible working options, and a clear path to

Qualifications

• Must hold a relevant care qualification or equivalent experience.
• Care Certificate or equivalent qualification to be gained within 12 weeks.
• Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training.

Responsibilities

• Assist with admitting patients to the ward and support relatives.
• Carry out delegated nursing care under supervision of qualified staff.
• Provide safe and effective care and support daily living activities.
• Assist patients with daily living activities and rehabilitation goals.
• Support breakfast, meals and hydration; complete relevant paperwork.
• Assist with morning personal care and dressing of patients.
• Mobilise patients using appropriate mobility equipment; liaise with physiotherapy.
• Obtain and report Observations, catheter care, and blood sugar checks.
• Carry out weekly weight checks and maintain mattress and device checks.
• Restock stores daily and maintain ward supplies.
• Assist with toileting and night-time catheter care when required.
• Comply with ward policies and procedures.

Skills

English communication

Education

Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent (care)

Care Certificate or equivalent within 12 weeks

Willing to undertake Safety Intervention training

Job description

Job summary

We are currently recruiting Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker, Full Time - 37.5 hours a week, to be part of our Stroke & General Rehab Inpatient Unit at Evesham Community Hospital. The candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to achieve specific rehabilitation goals. This will be a challenging and exciting opportunity and will enable the individual to develop new and existing skills.

Evesham Community Hospital plays a critical role in the delivery of local NHS services, providing more care and treatment closer to peoples' homes. Emphasis is to reduce length of stay whilst ensuring excellent care which is safe, effective, personalised and compassionate and to the standards you would expect for your family and friends.

Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of a healthcare support worker are:

• Assist with admitting patients to the ward and the care of their relatives
• Undertake clinical procedures following assessment of competencies by qualified senior members of staff
• Carry out delegated nursing care
• Act as health
• Provide safe and effective care
• Identifies areas for the improvement
• Assist patients with attending to the activities of daily living and support the therapy team with the rehabilitation of the patient.
• Assist patients to sit up or out for breakfast.
• Serve and prepare meals/breakfast and drinks, help to assist patients when required. Complete appropriate paperwork i.e food diaries and fluid balance charts.
• Assist patients with morning personal care and dressing.
• Mobilise patients using correct mobility equipment when required/liaise with physiotherapy team.
• Liaise with nursing staff for information regarding Observations, catheters, lab samples, blood sugar monitoring, dressings and further health checks.
• Carry out patient weekly assessments which involve weighing, clean and check mattress, catheter bag change when required.
• Stores to be restocked daily.
• Assist patients with toileting.
• Assist to support patients to bed/ attach catheter night bags when required.
• Comply with policies and procedures of the ward.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Vocational qualification level 3 or equivalent / level 2 qualification in care and willing to undertake relevant level 3 qualification upon appointment or equivalent qualification or experience
• Care Certificate or expected to gain within 12 weeks of commencing in the Trust
• Willing and able to undertake Safety Intervention training

Experience

• Experience of working in a care environment
• Desirable: Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of care related procedures, clinical observations, and relevant legislation.
• Can demonstrate an understanding of how to promote independence and facilitate learning in others.
• Basic IT skills

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate clearly in English in both verbal and written forms.

Date posted: 27 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 3

Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata for part time

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 798-8396615

Closing date: 10 November 2026

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.

Questions about the job

Ward Manager: Gillian Clark, [e-mail], 01386502499