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Job summary

Main area
Community Nursing
Grade
3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern includes evenings and weekends)
Job ref
828-PROVIDE3925
Employer
Provide CIC
Employer type
NHS
Site
Braintree
Town
Braintree
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/02/2026 23:59

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Health Care Support Worker

3

Job overview

We are looking for a Health Care Support Worker to work within a community nursing team visiting patients in their home, including care settings to deliver delegated nursing care.

They will assist the registered staff in providing a highly specialized Community Nursing Service to adults. This involves assisting the registered staff in ensuring appropriate pathways of care for patients who require those services.

They will also, contribute to the assessment and the treatment of individual patients on the caseload and communicate any changes in care needs to the registered staff. To communicate with patients, relatives and health care professionals to assist the registered staff in ensuring an integrated, holistic approach to patient care, is crucial to this role. 

Main duties of the job

  • Able to work alongside a multidisciplinary group of health professionals.
  • Able to work independently and autonomously undertake clinical and non-clinical tasks.
  • Possessing observational and communication skills which complement your role.
  • Possess basic computer skills.
  • Willing to develop in your role and adjust your responsibilities as the service grows and transforms.
  • Able to work flexibly on a roster basis.
  • A car driver with access to a car.

If so your skills and experience are invaluable to us.

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for a full list of responsibilities for this role within Provide. 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • experience of working in a healthcare setting
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of lone working

Circumstances

Essential criteria
  • Car driver with access to a car

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care or Equivalent

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Positive about disabled peopleAge positiveMINTDisability confident employerEssex Family Friendly EmployersArmed Forces CovenantQNI

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sophia Flint
Job title
Divisional Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07790 351533
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