Healthcare Assistant

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Telford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a part-time Community Healthcare Assistant to visit patients in their own homes, providing essential clinical care under supervision. The role offers development opportunities through an in-house programme covering skills such as insulin administration and wound care.

A strong communicator with patient‑facing experience is essential. The Trust emphasizes safety, teamwork and service integration, with a focus on patient welfare and adherence to

Qualifications

• Good general level of education (to include Maths and English)
• Completion of the Care Certificate
• Equivalent relevant experience to vocational qualification level 3

Responsibilities

• Visit patients in their own homes providing clinical care
• Undertake in-house development programme for extended skills (insulin administration, injections, wound care)
• Promote a can-do attitude and support an integrated community service
• Manage clinical risk within delegated patient caseload with supervision when needed

Skills

Communication

Care

Patient safety

Education

Maths and English (GCSE)

Care Certificate

Vocational qualification level 3

Job description

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Job overview

Please note as this position is for part time hours it does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

The South Telford District Nursing Team have a vacancy for a Community Healthcare Assistant (HCA).

Under the supervision and support from the team you will be required to visit patients in their own homes providing clinical care.

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with good communication skills and a passion for caring for patients in their own homes.

There is an expectation that the successful candidate will undertake our in‑house development program for extended skills which will involve insulin administration, injections and wound care.

Main duties of the job

• Promotes a ‘can do’ attitude and determination to develop and sustain a dynamic and responsive administrative and operational service within a community setting which delivers best practice.
• Able to implement interventions, liaising with colleagues and partners to ensure an integrated approach to the needs of the service user.
• To organise and deliver skilled clinical support work without direct supervision.
• To manage clinical risk within delegated patient caseload, referring to the supervising clinician for support and supervision.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community‑based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Good general level of education (to include Maths and English)
• Equivalent relevant experience to vocational qualification level 3
• Completion of the Care Certificate

Experience

• Awareness of the role of the Healthcare Support Worker

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of the role of the health care assistant role in context, including phlebotomy and wound care, and other clinical skills relevant to role
• Awareness of accountability issues e.g. confidentiality
• Knowledge of situations and circumstances that can impact on patient safety and demonstrate understanding of how the healthcare support worker contributes to maintaining patient safety
• Good interpersonal skills (written and oral)
• The ability to communicate effectively with patients and staff both written and orally and demonstrate a level of English language and grammar commensurate with writing in service user case notes
• Ability to remain calm when faced with a potentially difficult situation

Transport

• Must be able to meet the transport requirements of the post.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts ( listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.