Community Healthcare Assistant

NHS

  • Scarborough, North Yorkshire
  • £24,937-26,598 per year
  • Permanent
  • Part-time
  • 12 days ago
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HTFT would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join the Community Nursing Service in Scarborough.Our Community Nursing Service works across Scarborough & Filey providing personalised, quality care to patients in their own homes including care homes.This is a 7 day service with a shift pattern which will include late and night shifts.Main duties of the jobDay to day the role includes visiting patients to provide the care required according to the care plan written by a registered nurse, participating in handovers and/or safety huddles, and documenting the care provided. Clinical skills developed and used within the role include:
  • Vital observations
  • Recognise and escalate issues of concern and/or safety including the deteriorating patient and issues of safeguarding
  • Phlebotomy
  • Injections
  • Wound care
  • Bladder (including catheters) & bowel care
  • End of life care
  • Moving & Handling of patients
  • Equipment provision & instruction in use
About usWe are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our websiteWe are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.Find out more and search live jobs.DetailsDate posted22 August 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 3Salary£24,937 to £26,598 a year Per annumContractPermanentWorking patternPart-timeReference number338-7412421-25Job locationsCommunity Services ScarboroughProspect Road Surgery, 174 Prospect RoadScarboroughYO12 7LBJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor further details with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesFor further details with regard to this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • Level 3 healthcare qualification
Desirable
  • Knowledge of multi-disciplinary working
Knowledge & ExperienceEssential
  • Knowledge of specific role, service & team demonstrated on application
  • Experience of caring for someone with a long term condition or at end of life
Desirable
  • Experience of working within a Community Nursing setting
  • Experience of using SystmOne
Skills and CompetenciesEssential
  • Able to effectively travel to multiple patient homes and care homes throughout the course of a day including transport of clinical stock required to carry out the treatment
  • Sufficient IT skills to learn the systems required for clinical recording, incident reporting and equipment / stock ordering
  • Confidence to work out in the community unaccompanied
  • Able to work flexible hours to meet service needs including night shifts
Desirable
  • Clinical skills e.g. phlebotomy, bladder & bowel care, wound care, diabetes care, taking vital observations
Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential
  • Level 3 healthcare qualification
Desirable
  • Knowledge of multi-disciplinary working
Knowledge & ExperienceEssential
  • Knowledge of specific role, service & team demonstrated on application
  • Experience of caring for someone with a long term condition or at end of life
Desirable
  • Experience of working within a Community Nursing setting
  • Experience of using SystmOne
Skills and CompetenciesEssential
  • Able to effectively travel to multiple patient homes and care homes throughout the course of a day including transport of clinical stock required to carry out the treatment
  • Sufficient IT skills to learn the systems required for clinical recording, incident reporting and equipment / stock ordering
  • Confidence to work out in the community unaccompanied
  • Able to work flexible hours to meet service needs including night shifts
Desirable
  • Clinical skills e.g. phlebotomy, bladder & bowel care, wound care, diabetes care, taking vital observations

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