Health Care Assistant

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The closing date is 11 March 2026

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Health Care Assistant who has a genuine interest in providing safe and effective care for patients  successful candidate must have demonstratable experience, a wide range of clinical skills and will be confident to work without direct supervision. Community nursing is evolving at a fast pace, and you must be able to engage positively with service improvements and change.

If you are looking for flexibility with your working hours to support your work life balance, all flexible working requests will be considered inline with the needs of the service.

The role requires the staff member to work as part of a Community Nursing Service to deliver high-quality care to patients in their own homes in accordance with individual care plans. Provide personal and palliative care, ensuring patients are treated with dignity, respect, and compassion while supporting their comfort and wellbeing. Demonstrate the ability to work independently and autonomously within the community setting, effectively manage responsibilities while maintaining a high standard of care.

Support the Community Nursing Team by managing the ordering and organisation of clinical supplies and stationery to ensure services operated smoothly. Consistently follow Trust policies, procedures, and professional standards in all aspects of work while maintaining strict adherence to health and safety regulations, infection prevention, and control guidelines. Ensure patient confidentiality is always maintained and information is handled sensitively and responsibly in line with legal, ethical, and organisational requirements.

Contribute to a safe, supportive, and professional care environment for patients receiving community-based nursing services.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our NHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they were created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them.

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P - Person-centred:
We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide.

E - Empowered:
We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O - Open and Honest:
We behave in a way that develops relationships based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P - Professional:
We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L - Locally Lead:
We are always learning about our communities and show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E - Efficient:
We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plan to integrate and form a new organisation on the 1st April 2026. As such, if your start date is on or after 1st April 2026, you will be employed by the newly formed organisation. If you join Bridgewater prior to this date, your employment will automatically transfer into the new organisation.

We are confident that this transition will provide new opportunities and a continued commitment to excellence in patient care.

Job Purpose:

To assist the Community Nursing Team in the provision of nursing care and support to patients and families in the community setting.

Duties and Responsibilities:

To work as part of an integrated Community Nursing Service in providing specific care to a patient in the community setting as written in the care plan.

To provide personal care and support to palliative patients in their own homes.

To work alone and unsupervised and the ability to work autonomously.

To be responsible for the ordering of clinical supplies and stationery for the Community Nursing Team.

To work in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures.

To maintain high standards of personal hygiene adhering to Health and Safety Guidelines and Infection Control Guidelines within the trust.

To respect confidential information during the course of your work and refrain from discussing such information without consent of the patient/client or a person entitled to act on his/her behalf, except where disclosure is required by law or by the order of a court or is necessary in the public interest.

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