Job Role
Hospital At Home Health Care Support Worker
Band 3: £25,760 - £27,476
28 hours per week - 1 in 4 weekends. Service operating hours of 0800-2000. HCA’s 0800-1600 or 1000-1800.
Fixed Term/Secondment - To 31st March 2027
Responsibilities
Are you looking for a new, exciting challenge? The Hospital at Home service was commenced from October 2022 (formally known as Frailty virtual Ward). This service supports patients with acute needs who can have their acute care provided in the community instead of having their care within a hospital setting.
The Hospital at Home service offers acute level care at home to Kirklees residents 7 days a week between the hours of 8am and 8pm. The patients will be supported across Kirklees by a dedicated team, with oversight and support from Acute Consultants / appropriate clinicians. As a key member of the Hospital at Home, you’ll be part of our continuing success in Kirklees, preventing admission to hospital and supporting earlier discharge by helping keep patients at home. The service works as part of a Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield (CKW) approach.
The Hospital at Home service is a multidisciplinary team with Locala colleagues including Frailty Nurses, Physiotherapist and Health Care Assistant. They will work in partnership with clinicians within the local Acute Trusts to ensure patients have a holistic and safe service offer. You will need a variety of clinical skills to undertake the role such as phlebotomy and clinical observations. You will also support the remote monitoring service as part of the Hospital at Home offer.
We are seeking a Health Care Assistant to join our new team with an interest in acute support for Frailty patients within the service, working alongside our colleagues across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. The position is to cover a maternity leave of one of our existing HCA’s. A full valid UK driving licence with access to a vehicle and business insurance is essential for the role.
For more information please refer to Job Description and Person Specification
To discuss the role further, please contact Jennifer Waite, Clinical Coordinator – Jennifer.waite@locala.org.uk or Elkie Moffatt, Team Leader for Unplanned Care Elkie.moffatt@locala.org.uk
Please note – this position may be subject to DBS check.
Closing date – 09/04/2026
We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications
About us
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 support us to 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, 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.”
Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:
* 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. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.
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