Community Healthcare Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
Join the Amber Valley Community Nursing Team as a Healthcare Assistant, delivering high-quality care across a 7-day week. This role involves wound care, continence management, and pressure area care, working independently and as part of a team. You will use IT systems for patient records and travel across a wide geographical area. The team offers early and late shifts.
Essential criteria
- Health and Social Care Qualification or willing to work towards
- Able to work over a 7 day week
- Due to the nature of the role, the post holder must be able to travel across a wide geographical area, often with equipment, and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes
- Working in Health and Social Care setting
- Experience working independently and as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience caring for people at the end of their life
- Experience using IT systems and electronic care records
- Experience working in the NHS
- Education, Qualifications and Training
- Health and Social Care Qualification or willing to work towards
- Able to work over a 7 day week
- Due to the nature of the role, the post holder must be able to travel across a wide geographical area, often with equipment, and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes
- Working in Health and Social Care setting
- Experience working independently and as part of a team
- Experience caring for people at the end of their life
- Experience using IT systems and electronic care records
- Experience working in the NHS
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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Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Community Healthcare Assistant
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Healthcare Assistant - Amber Valley Community Nursing Team
We have an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join our Community Nursing Team . You will be joining a large and established team of Healthcare Assistants and Registered Nurses. Who are led by a District Nurse.
The shifts are allocated as early and late shifts which are 7.5 hours in duration. Early shifts are from 08:30 - 16:30 and late shifts are from 10:30 - 16:30. The team allocate these as per your working hours over a 7 day period with weekends.
We are looking for a caring and compassionate person who has a passion for delivering high quality end of life care. Experience within the healthcare setting is of importance to ensure that you are equipped with the skills required for this job.
Main duties of the job
Healthcare Assistant
The main duties of the job will include the following:
- Wound Care
- Continence management, including catheter care.
- Pressure area care.
- Communication to all staff within the Integrated Community Team alongside use of a laptop to write patient records within Systmone.
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