Job summary
- Main area
- Healthcare Assistant
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7554457-OPS-D
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whitchurch Community Hospital
- Town
- Whitchurch
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Healthcare Support Worker for UCR & Virtual Ward - Whitchurch
Band 3
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards Service. The post will form part of a seven day service based within the Whitchurch locality team.
The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health, a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.
The service offers an appropriate alternative to admission pathway, which aims to deliver a recommended and agreed medical, nursing, and therapeutic treatment plan. The focus is supporting the safe management and provision of care for people in their own home. The role and service offer integration and partnership working across the system to ensure a seamless service.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible to support the delivery of quality healthcare interventions to patients living in their own environment in the community, in order to meet their health and wellbeing needs, and to facilitate re-ablement support in order to maximise a patients functional independence at point of referral.
You will support individuals and clinical teams to deliver high quality, clinically effective patient care through assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Along the way, you'll build strong relationships with a wide range of healthcare professionals and patients.
Operating hours of the service will be 08.00-00.00, 7 days a week.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Grade A-C in English & Maths or equivalent.
- NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care or equivalent.
- Venepuncture Certificate of Competency or willing to work towards.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstratable experience in a healthcare setting.
- Ability to work with MS Office package or willingness to work towards.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of long-term conditions.
- Awareness of needs of palliative care patients.
- Experience in performing basic nursing tasks such as simple dressings.
- Experience in the administration of insulin and monitoring of blood sugars, or willing to undertake additional training.
- Able to work independently with guidance.
- Remains aware of own limitations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Sarah Gillespie
- Job title
- Team Leader UCR / Virtual Ward - Whitchurch
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01691 404279
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