• Job Description

  Req#: C9839-25-0285?language=en&page=7&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for a highly motivated Community Health Care Assistant to join our community nursing team based in Fakenham and Holt covering Fakenham, Wells, Holt and Sheringham GP surgeries.

  Main duties of the job

  This is an ideal opportunity for career progression and experience within a community setting. The trust has recently achieved outstanding from CQC and we are proud to say we are the first community trust to have achieved this accolade. This is a testament to the forward progressive nature of the trust and our commitment to delivering high quality care in sometimes challenging environments.

  IT skills will be essential within this role. Training in IT systems for this role will be undertaken as part of a comprehensive induction programme. You will be working in a team setting and would be expected to feedback any concerns to senior members of the team and be an effective team player.

  About us

  Working in the picturesque North Norfolk area our patch our patch covers a wide area in and around the beautiful Norfolk coast and encompasses beautiful rural coastal villages such as Blakeney, Cley and Burnham Overy-Staith rich in history, culture and wildlife.

  If this post excites you, and you are looking to improve your quality of life working in rural Norfolk as part of this developing role we look forward to your application. If you wish to discuss any aspects please contact Carr Varley, Clinical Operations Manager at carre.varley@nchc.nhs.uk

  Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an 'Outstanding' rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

  Details

  Date posted

  10 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  839-7331403-AB

  Job locations

  NN1 Community Nursing team

  Fakenham/Holt

  NR25 6QA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  We are looking for a highly motivated Community Health Care Assistant to join our community nursing team, covering the service seven days a week. This role is key to the on-going development of the locality. You will eventually be working in an autonomous capacity seeing a group delegated patients in their own homes. Current experience working in a community setting would be beneficial but is not essential.

  Your role will be key to integrated working within the community team which consists of community nurses, community matrons, therapists, assistant practitioners, other health care assistants and phlebotomists. The successful applicant must demonstrate that they can undertake appropriate assessment of patients in their own home, manage care plans and deliver treatment within a multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills with the support of experienced therapy and nursing staff.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  We are looking for a highly motivated Community Health Care Assistant to join our community nursing team, covering the service seven days a week. This role is key to the on-going development of the locality. You will eventually be working in an autonomous capacity seeing a group delegated patients in their own homes. Current experience working in a community setting would be beneficial but is not essential.

  Your role will be key to integrated working within the community team which consists of community nurses, community matrons, therapists, assistant practitioners, other health care assistants and phlebotomists. The successful applicant must demonstrate that they can undertake appropriate assessment of patients in their own home, manage care plans and deliver treatment within a multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills with the support of experienced therapy and nursing staff.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge of experience
  • Good general education

  Desirable

  • NVQ3
  • Experience of working within a care setting

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Highly motivated
  • Ability to provide high standards of care
  • Tact and diplomacy
  • Empathy and sensitivity
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Good observational and reporting skills
  • Ability to manage stressful situations
  • A team Player
  • Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
  • Good basic IT/standard keyboard skills

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments
  • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
  • Manoeuvre patients using hearing aids
  • Able to drive and have access to a vehicle to use for work purposes.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • NVQ 2 or equivalent knowledge of experience
  • Good general education

  Desirable

  • NVQ3
  • Experience of working within a care setting

  Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  Essential

  • Good communication skills
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Highly motivated
  • Ability to provide high standards of care
  • Tact and diplomacy
  • Empathy and sensitivity
  • Ability to use own initiative
  • Good observational and reporting skills
  • Ability to manage stressful situations
  • A team Player
  • Work flexibly to accommodate patient/service needs
  • Good basic IT/standard keyboard skills

  Personal Qualities

  Essential

  • Ability to kneel, bend and stoop and work in cramped environments
  • Manoeuvre limbs of around 5-6kg
  • Manoeuvre patients using hearing aids
  • Able to drive and have access to a vehicle to use for work purposes.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

  Address

  NN1 Community Nursing team

  Fakenham/Holt

  NR25 6QA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

  Address

  NN1 Community Nursing team

  Fakenham/Holt

  NR25 6QA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.norfolkcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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