Health Care Assistant - Complex Care Team (Internal only)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join the Complex Care Team, supporting children and young people with complex medical needs in their homes and education settings. You will provide holistic care following client care plans and Trust policies, working collaboratively with families and other professionals. The position involves shift work, including days, nights, and weekends, and requires travel within East Cheshire. A competency-based training program and the Care Certificate will be provided.
Key responsibilities
- Provide holistic care to children and young adults with complex health care needs and/or technology dependence in their own homes.
- Carry out relevant forms of care following client care plans and East Cheshire Trust policy, procedures and guidelines after competency-based training and supervision.
- Work in conjunction with the family, other carers, health care professionals, and teachers to ensure a holistic approach to the child/young person's care.
- Demonstrate a willingness and commitment to team working and good communication skills.
- Be able to travel as care packages are based within East Cheshire.
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education or ability to demonstrate equivalent.
- Good literacy skills
- Care Certificate (or commitment to undertake on commencement of the post)
- NVQ (National Vocational Qualifications) level 3/ City and Guilds - Health/social care related subject (level 3) - or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge, skills or experience in health/social care
- Shows insight into the needs and circumstances of patient group.
- Ability to recognise limitations of the role.
- Understand the concept of self-care and self-management principles
- Knowledge of clinical procedures, observations and care.
- Ensures that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality.
- Ability to follow direction during a period of supervision and training.
- Awareness of need for confidentiality and professionality.
- Experience of working with people and dealing with members of the public
- Self- motivated and enthusiasm for the role with the ability to work on own initiative whilst recognising own limitations.
- Demonstrates effective verbal communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Team player
- Please provide any additional relevant information to support your application. Please note that this is a non-scoring question.
- Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for further role requirements.
Desirable criteria
- GCSE (Grade C pass or Level 2 skills Math/English)
- Knowledge of professional boundaries
- Awareness of how chronic illness affects the child and family
- Awareness of emotional and social (play) needs of child or young person
- Previous Complex Care experience
- Knowledge of Microsoft office systems
- A basic understanding of the need to follow care plans in order to work within the boundaries of care, and follow guidelines and procedure.
- Previous community / social / childcare experience.
- Experience of working with complex care clients.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Previous experience delivering care in a community setting.
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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East Cheshire NHS Trust
Health Care Assistant - Complex Care Team (Internal only)
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Previous applicants need not apply
This position is open to staff working at the Trust in the 'ECT Family' this includes currentEast Cheshire NHS Trust employees,both NHSP and ECT bank staff, ISS staff and volunteers at the Trust. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications from applicants not listed within these groups.
If you care for others without a second thought and are looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference Complex Care could be the right choice for you. We are looking to recruit enthusiastic Health Care Assistants with a positive attitude and compassion to join the Complex Care Team to support children and young people with complex medical needs in their own homes and education settings.
You should be able to demonstrate a willingness and commitment to team working and have good communication skills. Level 3 NVQ in health and social care is essential.
Successful applicants will complete a competency-based training programme and will have the opportunity to complete the Care Certificate developed by Skills for Care, skills for health and Health Education England, which will equip them with the fundamental skills needed to provide quality care. You will have access to the NHS pension scheme
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