Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Health Care Assistant - Children's Community Services

The closing date is 24 July 2025

Job summary

Are you a health care assistant / support worker that has a desire to work within a great team, with remarkable people, who make a difference every day? If this is you, then we would love you to come and work with us and see for yourself the difference you can make within your role.

We are looking for experienced people to join our children's long term ventilation team; this dynamic service has its footprint within the Oldham locality and is provided mainly within family homes, but also across special school sites and community-based settings.

Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website.

As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside immediate team colleagues and external multidisciplinary partners, to deliver continuing care packages for children and young people, aged 0 - 19, who have life limiting / complex care needs and or technology dependence. The hours worked will be based within family homes and community settings across a 7 day working week and across day, evening and night shifts.

The post holder will work within the Children's Long-term Ventilation and Complex needs team but may at times utilise their skills and knowledge, by working across other areas of the wider children's community nursing service as deemed necessary and appropriate by the service lead.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

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

Reference number

236-OCO-CS196-25-A

Job locations

Integrated Care Centre

New Radcliffe Street

Oldham

OL1 1NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare or a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship
  • Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE English and Maths Grade D-G)
  • Care Certificate

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Good communication (written and verbal skills)
  • Basic IT skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Range of care / clinical care skills (for example medication administration including rescue medication, basic care and hygiene needs, taking / recording of clinical observations)
  • Ability to work unsupervised
  • Flexibility, able to rotate onto days and night duty and able to work across 7 day per week all year round.
  • Ability to prioritise work and remain calm under pressure

Desirable

  • Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
  • Range of clinical skills such as tracheostomy care, enteral feeding, suction, ventilation)

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a Care Support Worker or equivalent in a Health or Social care setting
  • Experience of working within a team
  • Have the ability to demonstrate experience of supporting children
  • Must be willing to undertake the training required to carry out the job, for example learn about ventilator settings, gastrostomy feeds, basic life support, suctioning, administration of medication and the use of oxygen within the home.
  • Awareness of impact of disability on child and family

Desirable

  • Demonstrates an interest or previous experience in supporting other health care staff and learners
  • Commitment to undertaking continuous professional development (CPD)
  • Experience of supporting children and or young people with complex health needs
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare or a Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship
  • Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy (GCSE English and Maths Grade D-G)
  • Care Certificate

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Good communication (written and verbal skills)
  • Basic IT skills
  • Good organisational skills
  • Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Range of care / clinical care skills (for example medication administration including rescue medication, basic care and hygiene needs, taking / recording of clinical observations)
  • Ability to work unsupervised
  • Flexibility, able to rotate onto days and night duty and able to work across 7 day per week all year round.
  • Ability to prioritise work and remain calm under pressure

Desirable

  • Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
  • Range of clinical skills such as tracheostomy care, enteral feeding, suction, ventilation)

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a Care Support Worker or equivalent in a Health or Social care setting
  • Experience of working within a team
  • Have the ability to demonstrate experience of supporting children
  • Must be willing to undertake the training required to carry out the job, for example learn about ventilator settings, gastrostomy feeds, basic life support, suctioning, administration of medication and the use of oxygen within the home.
  • Awareness of impact of disability on child and family

Desirable

  • Demonstrates an interest or previous experience in supporting other health care staff and learners
  • Commitment to undertaking continuous professional development (CPD)
  • Experience of supporting children and or young people with complex health needs

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Integrated Care Centre

New Radcliffe Street

Oldham

OL1 1NL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Integrated Care Centre

New Radcliffe Street

Oldham

OL1 1NL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Leader

Stacey Phillips

stacey.phillips@nca.nhs.uk

07738292425

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

Reference number

236-OCO-CS196-25-A

Job locations

Integrated Care Centre

New Radcliffe Street

Oldham

OL1 1NL


Supporting documents

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