Healthcare Assistant | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Woolwich; On-site; CAD 39,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in Greenwich is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support the District Nursing team in delivering evidence-based care to clients in home, residential homes and other clinical settings.

The post holder will operate under the supervision of the trained community Nurse and report to the team leader. Flexibility to work a rota across 7 days, including weekends and bank holidays, is essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake patient care delegated by the community staff nurses, where deemed competent to do so by the team leader in line with trust policies
• Provide clinical care and advice identified patients/clients
• To be responsible for reporting to the community staff nurses any changes or concerns in the patient/client condition or social circumstances
• To work independently under supervision in line with trust policies
• To work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate within the Trust as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service

Job description

Healthcare Assistant | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

To assist the District Nursing team in the delivery of care for the population of Greenwich. The post holder will deliver quality evidence-based care to clients within their clinical area of work e.g. clients home, residential homes and other clinical environments under agreed Trust policies/guidelines.

The post holder will work under the direction and supervision of the trained community Nurse and report directly to the team leader (District Nurse).

The post holder need to meet the needs of the service by being available to work flexibly on a rota basis over a 7 day period including weekday, weekend and bank holidays.

• To undertake patient care delegated by the community staff nurses, where deemed competent to do so by the team leader in line with trust policies
• Provide clinical care and advice identified patients/clients
• To be responsible for reporting to the community staff nurses any changes or concerns in the patient/client condition or social circumstances
• To work independently under supervision in line with trust policies
• To work flexibly and relieve colleagues/rotate within the Trust as required and requested by the line manager to meet the needs of the service

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• To support the community staff nurses in implementing and evaluating high quality nursing care within an identified caseload
• To be familiar with and comply with the Trusts policies procedures and guidelines
• To attend and participate in Clinical Supervision
• To undertake a range of extended clinical tasks under agreed protocols as delegated by Health Care professional. E.g. blood pressure monitoring, venepuncture, and administration of injectable medications

This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026