Healthcare Support Worker Band 3
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Healthcare Support Worker within the Community Children's Nurses team, specifically working across the Long Term Conditions Team and Home Respite Team. You will provide short sessional support for children with ongoing health needs in their homes and communities, working closely with trained staff to deliver family-centered care. Responsibilities also include running small clinics, managing equipment, and supporting nurses. The position requires autonomous work and direct supervision, often involving lone working.
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
- 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
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust
Healthcare Support Worker Band 3
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
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 autonom
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