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Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust; Chedgrave; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is seeking a Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team based at Beauchamp House, Chedgrave. You will visit patients in their own homes across surrounding villages, providing diabetes care, wound care, venepuncture and catheter care.

The service operates 7 days a week, requiring flexibility and solid clinical competence. You will work within an integrated team to support early discharge, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions

Qualifications

• Competency-based care planning and execution.
• Plan and prioritise patient visits with documentation.
• Record patient information in SystmOne daily.
• Communicate clearly with patients and carers, showing empathy.

Responsibilities

• Apply competency-based treatment techniques under supervision.
• Plan and prioritise visits to delegated patients and document in diary.
• Ensure patient-held records are updated and SystmOne entries completed daily.
• Make judgements on patient responses and report findings to practitioners.
• Liaise with other health professionals as required.
• Overcome barriers due to hearing or cognitive impairment.
• Maintain professional relationships with colleagues, patients and carers.
• Demonstrate dexterity in procedures like blood glucose checks and venepuncture.
• Ensure equipment is used safely and maintained per training.
• Contribute to supplies/equipment ordering electronically.
• Work predominantly independently with clinical supervision.
• Collaborate with qualified practitioners for group clinics.

Skills

Care planning

Clinical visits

Communication

Team liaison

Dexterity

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Community Healthcare Assistant | East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

This is an opportunity to join our community nursing team based out of Beauchamp House in Chedgrave as a Community Healthcare Assistant.

The role will be to visit patients in their own homes, predominantly across the surrounding villages serviced by GP surgeries from Loddon and Poringland. You will be part of a larger team and therefore some cross cover to support other teams within South Norfolk will occur based upon clinical need. You will visit to address a variety of care needs, for example, diabetes care / insulin administration, wound care, venepuncture and catheter care.

Our service works 7 days a week. You will be able to demonstrate flexibility as well a sound clinical basis and understanding of community working.

Interviews will be held face to face on Thursday 12th November 2026

• To contribute to the delivery of a variety of interventions for patients with long term conditions, palliative care and rehabilitation needs for example, to achieve quality of life and independence where possible.
• To work within the integrated team to facilitate early discharge from hospital
• To work within the integrated team to prevent unnecessary admission to hospital
• To work with all health care professionals, and statutory/non statutory agencies to provide a seamless, integrated service to our service users.

Please note, the selection processes at East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

Clinical

The post holder will:

• Apply competency based treatment techniques/care to patients with specific conditions under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, following a prescribed treatment/care plan.
• Plan and prioritise own visits to delegated patients, and ensure these are documented in personal work diary.
• Ensure patient held records are completed for each visit, and that SystmOne inputting is completed on a daily basis
• Make basic judgements on patients’ response to prescribed treatment/care plans, and report findings to a qualified practitioner.
• Liaise with other health care professionals as required.
• Overcome barriers to understanding, e.g. patients’ with hearing or cognitive impairment.
• Communicate with patients/carers by exchanging factual information, reassurance, tact and empathy.
• Establish and maintain appropriate working relationships with colleagues, patients, carers and other health care professionals.
• Demonstrate dexterity and coordination when undertaking treatment of patients where accuracy is important, e.g. taking blood sugars, venepuncture, supervising transfers, and passive exercises.
• Be responsible for ensuring equipment is used safely, following relevant training, and that it is maintained appropriately.
• Contribute to the requisitioning of supplies and equipment through electronic ordering systems.
• Work predominantly independently on specified tasks, with regular clinical support and supervision by a qualified practitioner.
• Work with qualified practitioners with group work/clinics as required.