Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nursing West Berkshire
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 371-CHS1196
- Employer
- Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Nursing West Berkshire
- Town
- Thatcham
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 15/04/2026
Employer heading
Community Healthcare Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
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Community Nursing Health Care Assistant, Band 3, West Berkshire, Newbury
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Weekend Working only!
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West Berkshire have an exciting position for a motivated, conscientious, and experienced Health care assistant within Newbury Community Nursing services
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The Community Nursing service offers care to patients in their own homes, 7 days a week, 08 .30 – 19.00, inclusive of Bank Holidays
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The role of Band 3 Healthcare Assistant is fundamental to the successful running of Community Nursing Teams. The post holder will be able to demonstrate the competencies required to perform at this level, role model the Trust’s core values as well as exhibit the behaviours required as part of those values
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The successful candidate will work across health and social care teams, playing an active role as part of a multi disciplinary team. He/she will provide planned care with proximal supervision from a registered practitioner to deliver a seamless service to patients
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You will be required to proactively work with other team members embracing case management and the long-term conditions agenda thus preventing avoidable hospital admissions and facilitating appropriate earlier discharges into the community
Main duties of the job
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Deliver clinical and therapeutic care to patients within agreed trust policies/ protocols, as documented in the band 3 competency assessment tool
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Contribute to the holistic assessment and management of patients care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of patients progress, feedback discussion reports and in care reviews with the Community Nursing Team
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Implement and evaluate nursing plans in response to identified needs of the individual, carers and community in partnership with clients
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To provide care according to the available evidence of best practice, under the direction of a registered nurse following the BHFT delegation policy
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To identify and plan preventative measures and anticipatory care needs in discussion with registered nursing staff
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To work on own initiative and within scope of competence, referring appropriately to the Community Nursing Sister and/or Community Matron for patients that may require onward referral
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Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for this role:
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Full UK driving Licence
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Grade 9-4 (A-C) GCSE Maths and English – or functional skills level 2 in Maths and English
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Care certificate
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Preferable NVQ 3 in health and social care
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria
- Educated to GCSE standard in English and Maths as a minimum
- NVQ 3 or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Previous Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience as a HCA/Carer
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated
- Patient/carer focused
- Able to demonstrate empathy
- Understanding of the role of community nursing
- Able to demonstrate being an advocate for patients
- High levels of effective communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
- Able to work as part of a team
- Able to work autonomously
- Able to manage own delegated workload and support others
- Demonstrates through conversation that patients are placed at the centre of care
- Demonstrates flexibility to deal with the needs of unscheduled services and able to prioritise workload and work under pressure
- Willingness to undertake additional further qualifications and develop expertise in identified areas
- Able to utilise IT and various media in order to support data collection
- Demonstrate cultural awareness
- Applies policies/ procedures to effectively manage risk
Desirable criteria
- Able to undertake holistic, personalised care and promote self-care and independence
- Proof of appropriate skills to effectively care for patients
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to work flexibly across service area to enhance quality of service provision
- Full Valid UK driving license with confidence to drive during unsocial hours and in unusual environments with use of care for work purposes
- A degree of agility and the ability to manoeuvre light to moderate loads
- Able to work in challenging environments
- Work between the hours of 8.00am-8.00pm 365 days per year including bank holidays and weekends
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sian Banwell
- Job title
- Community Nursing Tam Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971 314572
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