Health Care Support Worker

Provide CIC (NHS) · Brentwood Community Hospital, Brentwood · Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours/week, days/nights/weekends) · £25,760–£27,476 per annum plus London fringe allowance · Closes 06/11/2026

About the role

Provide are seeking a Band 3 Health Care Support Worker to work on Bayman Ward, a 25-bed stroke rehabilitation ward at Brentwood Community Hospital. The ward is nurse-led, supported by medical practitioners, and provides a progressive service promoting multidisciplinary working. The philosophy encourages staff participation at all levels and identifies opportunities for service and career development.

Responsibilities

• Integrate flexibly across the ward with a particular focus on communication with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to support a team approach to care.
• Deliver safe, high-quality care that meets the needs of increasingly complex patients in the community wards.
• Joint working between all inpatient units and supporting community services to manage patient pathways safely and effectively.
• Ensure robust discharge plans are in place that support patients to live as independently as possible on discharge.
• Work closely with medical practitioners and the MDT to encourage a seamless, proactive approach to planning successful discharge.

Requirements

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience (essential).

Experience

• Support registered practitioners in the delivery of individual agreed health care plans (essential).
• Experience in a health care setting (essential).
• Experience of working without supervision (essential).
• Previous experience of nursing in an elderly care / rehabilitation environment (desirable).

Skills

• Excellent communication skills.
• Highly motivated and able to provide high-quality patient care.
• Experience of team working (essential).

Benefits

• NHS Pension scheme eligibility.
• Employee-owned social enterprise (Community Interest Company) — profits reinvested into the local community or back into services.
• Values-driven culture: Care, Innovation and Compassion.
• Commitment to equal opportunities, flexible working practices, and the National Living Wage.
• LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks; applications from underrepresented groups welcomed.

Pay

£25,760–£27,476 per annum, plus London fringe allowance.

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