# Community Nursing Auxiliary / Health Care Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Archived / closed
- **Employer:** Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** St Catherine's Health Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pa pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week (permanent)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-22T07:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-08T14:21:26.728Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/West_Kirby/Wirral_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Nursing/Community_Nursing-v8281481
- **Employer website:** https://www.wchc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking to recruit two part time Community Nursing Auxiliary workers (22.5 hours each) for West Wirral - either West Kirby Community Nursing Team based at Marine Lake health and Wellbeing Centre or the Heswall Team based at the Warrens Health centre. Whilst community experience would be an advantage we are keen to recruit those who have relevant transferable skills who are enthusiastic to develop their career in the community setting.

You will be required to work predominantly day shifts on a flexible rota, including weekends and Bank Holidays; however you may be required to work shifts across the 24 hour period depending on service needs.

### Main duties of the job

The posts require good communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to be adaptable, reliable and approachable. You will have a sound knowledge of recent changes within the NHS and current professional issues.

You will be working in a lone capacity under the direction of a Team Leader and in conjunction with other team members, ensuring clinical standards are maintained using evidence based practice. You will be flexible, adaptable and reliable and be able to evidence excellent clinical skills.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the requirements of the role and the type of knowledge and skills the successful candidate will need to demonstrate, please see the attached job description and person specification.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Personal qualities

**Essential**

- Willingness to undertake in-service training and development
- Access to a car for work purposes

### Quals & professional

**Essential**

- NVQ Level III – direct care, social care (or equivalent)
- Manual Handling Skills
- Knowledge of Infection Control
- Knowledge of Tissue Viability

### Skills and attributes

**Essential**

- Good communication skills verbal/written
- Ability to work unsupervised when required
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good personal organisational skills

**Desirable**

- Basic computer skills

### Experience and Knowledge

**Essential**

- Experience of patient care
- Experience of working within a team

**Desirable**

- Experience of working within the Community

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 488.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598082)
- [person specification (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10598083)

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