Health Care Assistant (Fixed Term Until June 2026)
The closing date is 30 November 2025
Job summary
Working closely with our Community Nursing Teams, as a Fixed Term Healthcare Assistant you will support and assist the senior team members to provide care to people in their own homes for a wide range of conditions including diabetes, wound and end of life care. Our work is crucial to the community as we aim to prevent unnecessary hospital admission.
As part of our community nursing team we empower our staff to work autonomously and with flexibility by providing them with state of the art new tablets for them to be able to check in from home, write their notes up on the go and allow them to not be trapped in an office base, so they can really enjoy working in their chosen community background!
Please note that this role is Fixed Term Until June 2026.
Main duties of the job
Within this role, you will:
- Assist in providing nursing care as delegated by the Team Leader within patients homes.
- Maintain knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver a quality service that is responsive to the changing needs of patients.
- Provide clerical and administrative support to the team as delegated by the Senior Sister/Team Sister
- Deliver care in accordance with organisation policies, procedures and guidelines, according to competencies
- Report any changes in condition of the patient to the Team Leader or in their absence the designated nurse in charge of the caseload.
This is an opportunity to put your NVQ level 2/3 or equivalent/appropriate qualification/experience to great use. With strong communication and organisation skills, and a flexible approach will ensure you deliver positive experiences to patients at every stage of their healthcare journey.
In this role, it is essential you have a driving license, allowing you to travel to service users' homes within the area of West Lancashire.
We encourage nursing students to apply who are looking to broaden there knowledge in healthcare and gain some hands on experience in the community.
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.
About us
Package Description
As a Fixed Term Healthcare Assistant, you'll be part of our valued team based at Clayton House. You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £23,875 per year with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
Details
Date posted
28 November 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£23,875 to £23,875 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/42452/17682
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L40 8JU
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Ormskirk
Lancashire
L40 8JU
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
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