Healthcare Assistant / Community Heart Failure Team

Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS trust is seeking a caring and enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join their Community Heart Failure service. In this role, you will be part of a friendly, multi-disciplinary team, providing essential nursing care under supervision, and supporting administrative tasks such as managing correspondence and maintaining records. Ideal candidates should possess excellent communication skills and a commitment to patient confidentiality. This role offers the chance to develop new skills within a supportive environment and play a vital part in community healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience in community care procedures, including basic observations and catheter care.
• Ability to deliver courteous and efficient administrative duties.
• Competency in handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care under guidance of qualified staff.
• Assist in training and skill development.
• Support administrative functions for the Heart Failure Team.
• Maintain communication with internal and external staff.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Customer service

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

Job description

A Vacancy at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring, self‑motivated, enthusiastic Health Care Assistant who is looking for a new challenge to work within the Community Heart Failure service. You would be joining a friendly, flexible multi‑disciplinary team caring for people with long‑term cardiac conditions, working under the guidance of qualified staff to meet the needs of clients and support daily administrative functions for the Heart Failure Team.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing culture open to change, new ideas, concepts and innovation whilst reflecting organisational strategy and values.
• Develop new skills and participate in training in line with service development (e.g. venepuncture).
• Understand and practice community care procedures (basic observations, catheter care, monitoring of blood sugar/blood pressure, etc.).
• Match organisational aims with personal objectives and support staff within your area of responsibility.
• Deliver telephone and administrative duties courteously and efficiently, including message taking.
• Book rooms and assist with preparation, clearing and maintenance of meeting rooms as required.
• Provide administration support: use Microsoft Office, Excel, audits, emails, photocopying, filing, archiving, discharging patient records, registering, and scanning.
• Address internal and external post and email enquiries.
• Report incidents promptly.
• Effective liaison with internal and external staff and organisations, such as GP practices across Calderdale; network and contact when needed.
• Prioritise own workload and meet weekly/monthly deadlines.
• Maintain strict confidentiality.
• Complete all mandatory training in line with Trust policy, some in classroom and some on ESR.
• Become competent in Iproc, invoicing and receipting process for the service.

This advert closes on Friday 12 Dec 2025.