Healthcare Support Worker (ICT - Community)
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The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust Healthcare Support Worker (ICT - Community)
The closing date is 08 September 2026
Job summary
The healthcare support worker role within the Integrated Care Team is an integral part of the service, providing patient-centred care to the residents of Wakefield and the 5 towns area (Castleford, Featherstone, Knottingley, Normanton, Pontefract) within their preferred place of care. You will support nurses and other healthcare professional in providing care to our patients.
The Team operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so its important you have the flexibility to work a variety of shifts, including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
The role also involves significant travel between patients homes and places of work.
We are looking for someone who will enjoy working directly with patients in the community and is comfortable providing personal care.
Please note that this role is not on the Home Office list of occupations eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route.
Main duties of the job
Deliver holistic, safe, and effective care in line with Trust values and behaviours.
Provide personal care to Palliative Care and Rehabilitation (Rehab) patients in their own homes, including:
- Bathing
- Toileting
- Dressing
- Repositioning patients
- Assisting with personal hygiene and appearance
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Details
Date posted
04 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£25,272 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
001555
Job locations
The Bungalow
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 5QS
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
If you are interested in this role, the following skills are essential:
- Full driving licence
- Access to and use of your own vehicle for work purposes
- Ability to work independently in community settings while supporting the wider multidisciplinary team
- Good time management skills including the ability to work to set deadlines
- Able to communicate clearly and concisely over the phone, face to face and written
- Able to maintain positive working relationships and work well as part of a team
- Maintain a safe working environment for self and others
- Willingness to take on tasks
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work flexibly, quickly, and accurately
We are looking for someone who is:
- Compassionate and patient-centred
- A strong communicator with excellent teamwork skills
- Reliable, flexible and willing to work shifts
- Able to provide dignified personal care to patients with a range of complex needs
Job responsibilities
If you are interested in this role, the following skills are essential:
- Full driving licence
- Access to and use of your own vehicle for work purposes
- Ability to work independently in community settings while supporting the wider multidisciplinary team
- Good time management skills including the ability to work to set deadlines
- Able to communicate clearly and concisely over the phone, face to face and written
- Able to maintain positive working relationships and work well as part of a team
- Maintain a safe working environment for self and others
- Willingness to take on tasks
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work flexibly, quickly, and accurately
We are looking for someone who is:
- Compassionate and patient-centred
- A strong communicator with excellent teamwork skills
- Reliable, flexible and willing to work shifts
- Able to provide dignified personal care to patients with a range of complex needs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Please click "apply now" to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
Qualifications
Essential
- Please click "apply now" to view the full person specification (there is no obligation to submit an application).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
The Bungalow
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 5QS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address
The Bungalow
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 5QS
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Leader
Clair Baker
Details
Date posted
04 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£25,272 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
001555
Job locations
The Bungalow
Castleford
West Yorkshire
WF10 5QS
United Kingdom
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