# Community Support Worker Hospital@Home

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Location:** Vaughan Building
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 pro rata, per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: Mileage Allowance
- **Employment type:** Part time - 26 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01T11:41:41.423Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hereford/Hereford/Wye_Valley_NHS_Trust/Community/Community-v8265166
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8265166?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Join Our Hospital at Home Team – Be Part of the Future of Community Healthcare

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality care to people in the comfort of their own homes?

Do you want to be part of an innovative service transforming how acute care is delivered in Herefordshire?

Our Hospital at Home service is expanding in line with the national vision for moving care from Acute to Community, supporting the NHS Long Term Plan’s ambition to provide more personalised, proactive care closer to home. This is your opportunity to be at the forefront of an exciting, modern model of healthcare.

We are looking for motivated, compassionate and adaptable individuals to join our Herefordshire Hospital at Home Team as Band 3 Healthcare Support Workers.

This role requires:

- A valid, in-date driving licence
- Access to a car for work
- Attendance at a face-to-face interview

### Main duties of the job

- Assist qualified Nursing staff in a range of patient care duties.
- To undertake a range of delegated nursing tasks, including cannulation and taking blood or urine samples, carrying out basic wound assessments and applying simple dressings, taking routine observations and supporting clients with medication.
- To record patient information.
- To provide planned patient care.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

### 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

### Experience

**Essential**

- Can demonstrate a range of core skills to competently undertake patient care and other tasks and activities.
- Effective written and verbal communication, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.

### Education & Qualifications

**Essential**

- Completion of Care Certificate or equivalent experience to vocational qualification level 3.

### Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

**Essential**

- Understands and complies with CSW mandatory induction standards and code of conduct.
- Awareness, understanding and compliance of policies and practices e.g. Escort Policy, Prevention and control of infection and Health and Safety. The post holder is therefore able to work within the scope of their practice under direct and indirect supervision by the registered nurse (training will be provided).
- Can demonstrate knowledge of equipment used within the department to support the registered nurse and ensure that they are compatible and in good working order. Will escalate any concerns to a registered nurse.
- Completion and maintenance of statutory & mandatory learning activities.

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [229-ic-4703165 - community support worker jdps (pdf, 203.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10579450)

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