Band 3 Healthcare Assistant

West London NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Greater London seeks a Health Care Assistant to provide essential support across various clinics and during home visits. The ideal candidate will have experience in wound management and a background in community health care. Responsibilities include dressing application, catheter management, and conducting assessments for patients. This full-time role requires a commitment to travel across Ealing borough, making a valid driver's license preferable. Competitive salary offered up to £31,312 per annum.

Qualifications

• Experience in working as a health care assistant.
• Knowledge of managing and caring for patients with Tissue Viability and Bladder & Bowel health issues.
• At least 6 months' experience of working within a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Work in Tissue viability clinics & Continence / catheter clinics 4 days a week.
• Support with joint visits across the borough in various settings.
• Carry out ABPI assessments and Bladder scans.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

IT skills

Infection prevention

Aseptic technique

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

GCSE English and Maths or equivalent

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

MS Teams

Job description

• Qualifications: Experience in working as a health care assistant. Have a knowledge of managing and caring for patients with Tissue Viability and Bladder & Bowel health issues and the impact these issues can have on people. Preferably, have evidence of training around wound management and pressure area care, catheter care and incontinence management.
• Experience:Experience in working as a health care assistant and experience in working in the community setting visiting people in their place of residence and clinics with a variety of wound types and continence issues. Also experience in administrative roles including; documenting on SystmOne electronic record system, minute taking, stock ordering, checking and answering emails and telephone calls, stock checks and auditing and also experience of Microsoft word, excel and MS Teams
• Skills:Excellent communication verbal and non-verbal, time management, and IT skills including minute taking, stock ordering and management, working in clinics and visiting patients in their homes, infection prevention, dressing application and aseptic non touch technique, catheter management and management of incontinence, working as part of a team and collaborative working in a busy environment
• Travelling across Ealing borough and one mile beyond: You will be expected to travel across the borough carrying equipment (often large amounts of boxes etc) so a car driver would be preferable
• This role does not offer sponsorship

Main duties of the job

You will be expected to work in Tissue viability clinics & Continence / catheter clinics at least 4 days per weeks and home visits too

• Working hours and days: The service currently works Monday to Friday 08:30 am to 16:30 pm. This is a full time position and applicants must be able to commit to working 5 days per week.

To support the teams in clinics across the borough, support with joint visits across the borough also in own homes, nursing homes, supported living, residential homes and Clayponds community hospital

To be competent in applying dressings, NWPT and compression therapy (bandaging, Wraps and hosiery), catheter management and continence promotion.

Carry out ABPI assessments and Bladder scans as part of the assessments.

Monitoring vital signs and NEWS 2 score and elevate concerns

To have knowledge of basic wound care and wound bed preparation and types of incontinence and management of same

To have knowledge in different types of wounds and presentations

To have knowledge of pressure ulceration categorisation and understand pressure area care

To carry out a continence assessment and understand what support can be provided to promote continence

• This role does not offer sponsorship

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education and Experience

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of education.
• Experience of using word / excel and MS Teams
• Experience of providing health care.
• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
• Experience of SystmOne / electronic record system
• At least 6 months' experience of working within a community setting and working with wound management and continence promotion

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to work with limited supervision.
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally and electronically.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to prioritise and organise own workload in collaboration with qualified nurses.
• A commitment to provide high quality care to clients
• Demonstrate a flexible and reliable approach to work, which meets the needs of the service.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Have an understanding of equal opportunities and its application to practice
• Ability to do ordering, update excel sheets, take minutes and some report writing
• Ability to impart knowledge and skills to patients/carers
• 11.Have an understanding of equal opportunities and its application to practice

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.

£29,651 to £31,312 a yearper annum inclusive of HCAS