Community HCA
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
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Role summary
The Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are seeking a Band 3 Community Healthcare Assistant to join their community nursing team in Woking. This role involves visiting patients in their own homes and care homes, working a 7-day week with variable shift patterns including weekends and bank holidays. The successful candidate will receive comprehensive induction and training, with opportunities for clinical and leadership skill development. The post requires an interest in working within a community setting.
Essential criteria
- Interest in working in community nursing
- Able to cope with occasional exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances; frequent care of the terminally ill/ chronically sick or disabled patients
Desirable criteria
- Previous community experience
- Knowledge of community practice to include venepuncture, monitoring blood glucose, care of catheters, stoma and simple wounds
- Communication
- Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Desire to work within healthcare in a community setting
- Experience in a healthcare setting
- NVQ level 2 (care)
- Standard keyboarding skills
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Willingness to undertake training as appropriate to the post
- Other
- Ability to travel across bases and patients homes
- Flexible and adaptable
- Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day.
- Interest in working in community nursing
- Able to cope with occasional exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances; frequent care of the terminally ill/ chronically sick or disabled patients
- Previous community experience
- Knowledge of community practice to include venepuncture, monitoring blood glucose, care of catheters, stoma and simple wounds
- Communication
- Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Desire to work within healthcare in a community setting
- Experience in a healthcare setting
- NVQ level 2 (care)
- Standard keyboarding skills
- Ability to work as an effective team member
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Willingness to undertake training as appropriate to the post
- Other
- Ability to travel across bases and patients homes
- Flexible and adaptable
- Current driving licence and access to a car during the working day.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £27,106 – £28,850 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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CSH Surrey
Community HCA
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
Community Healthcare Assistant Band 3
CSH Surrey
Please note we doNOT offer UKVI
sponsorship, all applicants require right to work in the UK.
The Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are looking for a Band 3 Community Healthcare Assistant to join our community nursing team across the neighbourhoods in Woking.
The Community Team
visit patients in their own home as well as care homes. We offer excellent
opportunities for training and development of both your clinical and leadership
skills. The team has experienced Senior District Nurses who will ensure that
you have the necessary support for your personal development. The community
nursing service works over a 7-day week 8.00am to 8.00pm offering a variable
shift pattern and includes weekend and bank holiday working.
This post requires an
interest in working within a community setting.
You will be
supported with a comprehensive induction and training package as needed, to
help you settle in, with the time and opportunity to get to know the people on
your caseload, along with development opportunities.
If you have the
necessary skills, experience and qualities to help us to put patients first,
please contact us for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached job description and personal specificat
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