Community Health Care Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 27/08/2026
- Closes
- 10/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
“Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves working as part of the District Nursing Team, providing clinical care to patients in their own homes, including wound care and phlebotomy. The successful candidate will undertake an in-house development program for extended skills. It requires a highly motivated individual with good communication skills and a passion for caring for patients.
Essential criteria
- Willing and able to apply existing experience to community and gain necessary skills to work effectively in the community setting
- Willing to professionally develop and undertake further development/training as identified to meet the needs of the service, including Trust Band 3 Extended Skills programme and Care Certificate
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Job Specific Experience
- Desire to work in the primary care setting.
- Ability to work alone.
- Good IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Community/Acute Hospital experience
- Business Travel
- Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business
- Additional requirements
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively
- Knowledge, skills and training
- Willing and able to apply existing experience to community and gain necessary skills to work effectively in the community setting
- Willing to professionally develop and undertake further development/training as identified to meet the needs of the service, including Trust Band 3 Extended Skills programme and Care Certificate
- Excellent communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Job Specific Experience
- Desire to work in the primary care setting.
- Ability to work alone.
- Good IT skills
- Community/Acute Hospital experience
- Business Travel
- Subject to the provisions of the Equality Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business
- Additional requirements
- Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £13,738 – £14,653 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 4d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Community Health Care Assistant
The closing date is 10 September 2026
Job summary
We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual with good communication skills and a passion for caring for patients in their own homes to join our friendly team.
Experience of clinical work in the community is desirable but training will be offered to the successful applicant.
There is an expectation that the successful candidate will undertake our in house development program for extended skills which will involve insulin administration, administration of other injectables and catheterisation.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision and support from the team you will be required to work as part of the District Nursing Team visit patients in their own homes providing clinical care, including but not limited to wound care, phlebotomy and extended skills once proficient. You will be expected to have a reasonable level of IT skills.
To undertake care, following the instructions of the team leader or nominated deputy according to the needs of the patients as identified on the care plan, providing evidence based, high quality, holistic nursing care for patients in their own homes and care homes
**Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the c
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