Health Care Support Worker

**The closing date is 9th Mar 2025**

**Job summary**:
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to appoint an enthusiastic Healthcare Support Worker (Band 3) to work within the multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team in Chandlers Ford ICT

We are looking for individual who would like to be part of a dynamic and forward thinking team... Do you enjoy the challenge of a wide variety of work? Could this be you?

The role of a community HCSW is to visit patients at home to provide nursing interventions under the direction of registered nursing colleagues. The focus of the role is to support admission avoidance, to promote independence and to assist in the effective management of patients with long term conditions.

The posts would suit someone interested in integrated working and wanting to achieve the best for their patients. They will work within a multi -professional team to provide individualised patient care.

In return Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will offer training opportunities to support ongoing career development.

Applicants must have access to a vehicle for work and possession of a full UK driving license is essential.

Hours: 37.5 hours but 30 hours will be considered.

**Main duties, tasks & skills required**:
To work within the multi-disciplinary Integrated Care Team that delivers community based services to a GP Practice population, undertaking nursing tasks within agreed parameters, set out by the registered practitioners.

The job will include home visiting and lone working without direct supervision.

The scope of the role will focus on supporting admission avoidance, early supported discharge and promotion of independence and assisting in the effective management of patients with long term conditions and older people with mental health problems.

**About us**:
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, combining the expertise and services of multiple NHS providers to deliver high-quality healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With a dedicated workforce exceeding 12,000 staff and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we offer an extensive range of services, including mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health care, reaching diverse communities across urban, rural, and coastal areas.
We are committed to delivering care with compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, ensuring that our patients and service users are at the heart of everything we do. By working closely with our partners, we're creating a forward-thinking, inclusive organisation that champions staff development, well-being, and collaboration.
Join us and be part of an organisation dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare; where your skills and ambitions can make a real difference to the communities we serve, now and in the future.

**Job description**:
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential**:

- Literate
- Numerate
- Relevant experience as a care assistant in a health care environment.
- Evidence of delivering care delegated from a range of registered professionals, in particular nursing.
- Evidence of ability to implement prescribed programmes of care for a range of conditions.

**Disclosure and Barring Service Check**:
Emma Yourdi

**Pay scheme**:
Agenda for Change

**Band**:
Band 3

**Salary**:

- £24071.00 to £25674.00 Yearly

**Contract**:
Permanent

**Working pattern**:
Full-Time

**Reference number**:
348-SW-7340

**Job locations**:
New Kings Court
Tollgate
Chandlers Ford
Hampshire
SO53 3LG