# Community Healthcare Support Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-healthcare-support-worker/12bd13e1-2943-4316-b7b8-d2c95d2f21b9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-healthcare-support-worker/12bd13e1-2943-4316-b7b8-d2c95d2f21b9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Gloucester - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Healthcare support worker - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-21T12:21:33.305Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Gloucestershire/Gloucester/Gloucestershire_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Learning_Disabilities/Learning_Disabilities-v8171510 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8171510?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.ghc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Band 3 Community Health Care Worker is required to have broad range of experience . When working with People living with a learning disability; Ensuring reasonable adjustment within the General health care setting both in the community and inpatient areas. ### Main duties of the job Work as a member of the multi professional team providing clinical care to patients as delegated by the Registered Nurse and Registered Nurse Associate.  Ensure a high standard of patient centred care.  Promote self- management of health needs and adopt a positive risk-based care approach. Complete relevant forms of care, under the direction of a Registered Clinicians. The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical:    Under the supervision of the Registered clinicians; Community Health care assistants will support the implementation of care plans and provide information for assessments.  Support patients with all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the Registered clinicians in the on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care. Perform and record clinical observations. Undertake clinical tasks appropriate to competence and setting, for example; venepuncture, ECGs and feedback findings to the Registered clinicians Accurately record nutritional and fluid intake. Ensure the privacy, dignity and safety of patient is maintained at all times. To plan and organise one’s own activity, prioritising workload appropriately in order to make the best use of time and feeding back to the team as appropriate. To input all activity with the service users onto Clinical Systems or equivalent data in order to enable the collection of accurate statistics, as required by the Trust.   Recognise issues relating to safeguarding vulnerable children and adults to report any problems or raise concerns to the appropriate registered care professionals.  Assist in the implementation of appropriate action to meet the specific physical, emotional, psychological, social cultural and spiritual needs of patients and their carers.  Demonstrate an understanding of caring for patients with particular conditions for example mental illness, learning disabilities and autism. Under the direction or discussion with Registered Clinicians signpost patients to services which may be of benefit to their wellbeing, promoting independence and capability with their own network and community.  Under the direction or discussion with the Registered Clinicians signpost patients to services which may benefit of their wellbeing, promoting community connections and make the best use of local asset. Professional:  Demonstrate the ability to recognise changing priorities seeking advice and guidance from the Registered clinicians.  Demonstrate understanding of all elements of the nursing process and be able to assist the Registered clinicians to gather information in relation to on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of care.   Report back and share information with Registered clinicians on the condition, behaviour, activity and responses of patient, ensuring any immediate action to maintain the safety of the patient is in place.  Assess the environmental risks before providing and implementing care within community settings.  Demonstrate good understanding of the principles of consent. Demonstrate good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act / Mental health Act, Deprivation of Liberties and apply Best Interest principles to everyday practice. Leadership:  Demonstrate skills in relation to coaching/teaching patients/carers and other staff. Under supervision of the Registered clinician assist with the development, implementation and monitoring of clinical standards and outcomes.  Develop a working knowledge of other providers’ resources and referral systems to ensure patients’ needs are met, within parameters of practice.   Communicate with patients, carers, professional colleagues and the voluntary and charitable sector to ensure seamless care is achieved. Ensure documentation and records are maintained in accordance with Trust policy. The Trust is required to work in line with the Government’s UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas ## Person Specification ### Essential **Essential** - Experience in Learning Disability Services **Desirable** - Care Certificate ## Documents - [community hcsw jdps (pdf, 784.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10473759) - [hcsw code of conduct (pdf, 353.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2207) - [staff benefits - ghc (pdf, 618.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2522) - [additional information for applicants (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.