Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Healthcare Assistant

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Job summary

Band 3 Health Care Assistant - Continence Specialist Nursing Team

Full Time | Northamptonshire

Are you a compassionate, proactive Health Care Assistant looking to develop your skills within a friendly and highly specialist community nursing service? Our Continence Specialist Nursing Team in Northamptonshire is expanding, and we're looking for a motivated Band 3 Health Care Assistant to join us.

About the Role

As a key member of our Continence Team, you will support Specialist Nurses in delivering high-quality, person-centred continence care to adults across Northamptonshire. You'll work closely with patients, carers, and other health professionals to promote dignity, wellbeing, and independence.

This is a rewarding opportunity to build specialist knowledge, enhance clinical skills, and contribute to improving the quality of life for people with bladder and bowel conditions.

As this role is county-wide, you will need to have a full UK driving licence along with use of a car.

Interviews will be held in Northampton and they will be conducted face to face.

Main duties of the job

What You'll Be Doing

Supporting the delivery of continence assessments and personalised care plans
Carrying out basic clinical tasks in line with competency frameworks
Providing education, advice, and reassurance to patients and carers
Assisting with continence product provision and reviews
Maintaining accurate electronic patient records
Working collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary team

What We're Looking For

Previous experience as a Health Care Assistant (Band 2 or 3)
A caring, patient-focused approach and excellent communication skills
Confidence working independently in community settings after training
Willingness to develop enhanced skills in continence care
Ability to travel throughout Northamptonshire

What We Offer

Full training and ongoing professional development
Supportive team environment with specialist nurse mentorship

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

02 April 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

270-TG766-ACS-A

Job locations

Manfield Court, Favell House,

Kettering Road,

Northampton.

NN1 6NP

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous autonomous experience in a home visiting caring environment/role

Desirable

Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient/service user contact.
Understanding of practices that promote self-care management, behavior change and independent living.

Skills

Essential

Effective written and verbal communication skills
Clearly demonstratable IT skills

Desirable

Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment
Experience of documenting on SystmOne

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous autonomous experience in a home visiting caring environment/role

Desirable

Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient/service user contact.
Understanding of practices that promote self-care management, behavior change and independent living.

Skills

Essential

Effective written and verbal communication skills
Clearly demonstratable IT skills

Desirable

Ability to carry out assigned tasks effectively in a busy environment
Experience of documenting on SystmOne

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.