Healthcare Support Worker Band 3

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Kettering; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage employer

Job summary

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Healthcare Support Worker (Band 3) for the Community Children’s Nurses to work across the Long Term Conditions and Home Respite teams in Kettering.

The post is full-time (37.5 hours per week), permanent, with a salary of £25,760–£27,476 per year. The role involves autonomous working with supervision, delivering family-centred care, and supporting children in home and community settings.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for children with additional or complex health needs.
• Experience of working in a community setting.
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work use.

Responsibilities

• Deliver play support and personal care including nasogastric feeding, gastrostomy feeding and oxygen therapy.
• Support the Community Children’s Nurses in planning and delivering care.
• Run clinics for children requiring overnight saturations recordings and manage equipment and supplies.

Skills

Driving license

Community health experience

Children's health care

NHS experience

Customer service

Education

Recognized qualification in child care

Tools

System One

Job description

Main area Healthcare Support Worker Band 3 Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 08:00 till 16:00) Job ref 270-TH310-CH-D

Site Sudborough House Town Kettering Salary £25,760 - £27,476 pa Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2026 11:00

Job overview

The Community Childrens Nurses provide care to Children with Long Term and Life Limiting Conditions from birth to 18 years of age. We are looking for an individual to work across our Long Term Conditions Team and Home Respite Team. The Home Respite Team is a county wide service consisting of healthcare support workers who provide short sessional support for children with on-going health needs within their own home and community settings. The Care Support Workers work closely with the trained staff to meet the needs of the children and their families and provide family Centered Holistic Care. When not delivering respite the post holders will be running small clinics for children requiring overnight saturations recordings, managing the essential equipment and supplies used by the nursing teams and families and supporting the trained nurses in meeting the needs of the children. The post holder will be lone working and must have access to a vehicle for work use.

We want to recruit forward thinking, dynamic members of staff into this permanent position. The post holder will be part of a small established service, working with colleagues who present with enthusiasm for innovative and high standards of practice. They will be able to work autonomously and under direct supervision.

Main duties of the job

As a healthcare support worker within the Respite Team the post holder will be working alongside the Community Childrens Nurses who will assess children and plan their care prior to the Support worker offering sessions, the role requires you work alongside children with varying conditions and health needs, to support families in caring for their child and supporting the wellbeing of the child and extended family.

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county - as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.

At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.

We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be delivering play support and personal care including Nasogastric Feeding, Gastrostomy feeding and Oxygen therapy. Full training will be given.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience and knowledge of working with children with additional health needs and complex health needs.
• Experience of working within a community setting
• Recognized Qualification in Child Care
• Demonstrable excellent customer service
• Experience of engaging and communicating effectively with people at all levels
• Understanding of safeguarding procedures in accordance with local procedures
• Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work use
• Experience within NHS service
• Knowledge of System One

Behaviours and Values

• Approachable and accessible to colleagues and across multi agencies
• Ability to work in a flexible way and respond to change
• Ability to work in a fast paced and challenging environment
• Able to deal with interruptions/queries from colleagues throughout the day.
• Able to work within another organization’s environment maintaining confidentiality at all times

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.