Bank Healthcare Assistant

Bank Healthcare Assistant Band 3 – Community Nursing Network

Band 3: £25,760 – £27,476

Hours: As required (flexible bank shifts available)

Location: North Kirklees & Greater Huddersfield

Are you an experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistant looking for flexible bank work within a supportive community nursing service? We are looking for experienced Band 3 Healthcare Assistants to join our Community Nursing Network on a bank basis who share our commitment to person‑centred, safe, and effective care for housebound patients.

As part of our Community Nursing Network, you’ll work both alongside qualified nurses and, at times, independently to deliver holistic care that helps patients remain safely at home. You will bring confidence, competence, and a strong understanding of person‑centred care to support our nursing teams in delivering high‑quality care to housebound patients across Kirklees.

Clinical skills (Training and competency sign‑off provided where required):

• Wound care, including simple and some complex dressings
• Compression application (e.g., hosiery, reduced compression under guidance)
• Pressure area care and skin integrity monitoring
• Catheter care (routine changes not expected unless signed off)
• Blood glucose monitoring
• Insulin administration (once trained and competency signed off)
• Medication administration in line with local policy and competency framework
• Vital signs: BP, pulse, respirations, temperature, oxygen saturations
• Recognising and escalating deterioration
• Supporting end‑of‑life care under the direction of registered nurses

About the service:

We have nine teams across Kirklees, offering flexibility to support your work‑life balance. The service operates between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm, with core hours 8:00 am – 5:00 pm. Bank HCAs may be asked to support a range of shifts, including occasional weekends. Car driver essential.

Benefits:

• Flexible working – We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work‑life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension – We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme – If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme.

For further information, please contact: sarah.taylor@locala.org.uk / lisa.holdsworth@locala.org.uk

Closing date – Interviews to be held on: TBC

For more information please refer to Job description and person specification.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos. Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can help us achieve. We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues’ lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high‑quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, and has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”