Healthcare Support Worker - Tieve Tara
Spectrum Community Health CIC
Castleford, WF10 2QP
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
Join Our TeamAre you a compassionate and motivated Healthcare Assistant looking to develop your skills in primary care? We are seeking an enthusiastic...
About the RolePlease see job description and person specification for role requirements.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will provide a range of clinical and patient-focused services, including and will work closely with GPs, nurses, and the wider multidisciplinary team to help deliver excellent primary care services to our local community.
What we are looking for: We are looking for a proactive and resilient individual who can work effectively both independently and as part of a team. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, sound judgement, and the ability to use initiative when managing competing priorities in a busy healthcare environment. You will be adaptable, self-motivated, and able to respond professionally to a variety of challenges while maintaining confidentiality, empathy, and compassion. A flexible approach to working patterns and locations, together with a commitment to personal and professional development, is essential for this role.
If you are passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and would like to be part of a dedicated primary care team, we would love to hear from you.
For more information on the job role please see the job description and person specification attached.
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Time for you day (additional day off)
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Education
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or currently studying in the final year of a degree in nursing
- Pass at GCSE, or equivalent in Maths, English and a science subject
Desirable
- Additional skills and competencies within nursing achieved through accreditation with skills for health, First Steps Programme or universally recognised Higher Care certificate.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of working with people with health needs.
- Knowledge of primary care, mental health and addiction support services and an ability to work across these areas under supervision
- Knowledge of relevant nursing procedures and practices
- Previous experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience of work in a multidisciplinary team setting.
Desirable
- Experience in Accident and Emergency settings
Skills
Essential
- The ability to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of social inclusion and impact of deprivation.
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills.
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team and resolve potential conflict
- The ability to use initiative and take responsibility for agreed appropriate tasks.
- The ability to work autonomously and as part of a team with the awareness of knowing when to seek support
- The ability and skill to form positive therapeutic relationships
- Support service users' own decision-making that builds on their strengths.
- There is a requirement to undertake training to become proficient in the use of SystemOne.
- Good patient assessment skills.
- Knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of mental and physical disorders and its effects on individuals. phlebotomy procedures
- Ability to undertake ECG's
- Experience in wound care and wound management
- Experience in monitoring and support with the management of long-term conditions
- The ability to use SystmOne clinical records, and Microsoft Word packages
- NHS Health checks
- Stock room ordering, and emergency equipment checks.
Desirable
- Chaperone coil and implant clinic
- Experience with LD and care home patients
- SystmOne
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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About the employer
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