# Health Care Assistant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/health-care-assistant/d75c17fd-c526-40f8-aee9-6b8602a2b18d - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/health-care-assistant/d75c17fd-c526-40f8-aee9-6b8602a2b18d.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust - **Town:** Blackburn - **Region:** North 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 (Monday-Friday 8am-4pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-19T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T10:12:33.295Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackburn/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Healthcare_Assistant/Healthcare_Assistant-v8020205 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8020205?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Band 3 Healthcare Support worker, to work within the Diabetes service to support the Diabetes Specialist Nursing team as part of the Diabetes and Endocrinology service. The team is friendly, motivated to learn, and there are opportunities to further your career development.  The post holder will need the ability to travel between sites in a timely manner ### Main duties of the job Main duties involve supporting the Diabetes Specialist Nurses in the management of people with diabetes, including phlebotomy and screening of people with diabetes attending appointments with the service. Delivering education to people with diabetes regarding safe self-administration of insulin, glucose monitoring including diabetes technologies.   The post holder will need excellent communication skills and be motivated to learn new skills. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities As a diabetes healthcare support worker you will: Be responsible for the delivery of a high standard of cost effective nursing care, as part of the diabetes nursing team, in support of and under the guidance and delegation of the Diabetes Specialist Nurses. Ensure that people with diabetes receive safe, individualised and effective standards of care by following care plans and treatment interventions as delegated by the Diabetes Specialist Nurses, overcoming barriers to understanding as they present. Under delegation of the nurse in charge of the caseload, work competently and without direct supervision, within a framework that has been agreed by the Diabetes Specialist Nurses. When accepting delegated activities it is the post holder’s responsibility to make sure that patient and public safety is not affected. Communicate effectively at all times with people with diabetes their family and carers in conjunction with other team members, contributing to and maintaining the team philosophy. Act as a role model for other health care support workers and student nurses. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Band 3 Healthcare Support worker, to work within the Diabetes service to support the Diabetes Specialist Nursing team as part of the Diabetes and Endocrinology service. The team is friendly, motivated to learn, and there are opportunities to further your career development. The post holder will need the ability to travel between sites in a timely manner ## Job Description Main duties involve supporting the Diabetes Specialist Nurses in the management of people with diabetes, including phlebotomy and screening of people with diabetes attending appointments with the service. Delivering education to people with diabetes regarding safe self-administration of insulin, glucose monitoring including diabetes technologies. The post holder will need excellent communication skills and be motivated to learn new skills. ## Responsibilities As a diabetes healthcare support worker you will: Be responsible for the delivery of a high standard of cost effective nursing care, as part of the diabetes nursing team, in support of and under the guidance and delegation of the Diabetes Specialist Nurses. Ensure that people with diabetes receive safe, individualised and effective standards of care by following care plans and treatment interventions as delegated by the Diabetes Specialist Nurses, overcoming barriers to understanding as they present. Under delegation of the nurse in charge of the caseload, work competently and without direct supervision, within a framework that has been agreed by the Diabetes Specialist Nurses. When accepting delegated activities it is the post holder’s responsibility to make sure that patient and public safety is not affected. Communicate effectively at all times with people with diabetes their family and carers in conjunction with other team members, contributing to and maintaining the team philosophy. Act as a role model for other health care support workers and student nurses. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or working towards or equivalent relevant experience. - Good literacy and numerical skills. - Experience of working in a Health or Social care environment. - Car driver/car user essential **Desirable** - Experience of speciality. - Experience of use of IT such as EMIS/CERNER/ICE. ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761) - [person specification (pdf, 332.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10307585) - [band 3 job description (pdf, 552.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10307584) - [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405) - [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494) ## 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.