Health Care Assistant

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

NHS pension

Staff discounts

Relocation package £8K

Season ticket loans

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is offering a part-time Adult Bladder and Bowel Health Care Assistant role within the Community Bladder and Bowel Specialist Service. You will work to reassess patients, support patients and carers, and perform urinalysis and urine collection as delegated by nurses.

Join a dedicated NHS team with opportunities to develop skills in bladder and bowel care. DBS checks and safeguarding are part of the pre-employment process, with relocation and other

Responsibilities

• Re-assess patients in receipt of products from the Trust as delegated by nurses.
• Provide support for patients and carers.
• Be competent in undertaking urinalysis, and obtaining urine specimens.
• Assist/advise in the completion of bladder charts (frequency and volume diaries)
• Record personally generated patient interactions and interventions and update them as agreed and instructed.
• Recommend products as agreed
• To deal as appropriate with unpleasant conditions such as exposure to body fluids.

Job description

Job Overview

The Community Bladder and Bowel Specialist Service have an exciting opportunity for a Part Time HCA to join their team of professionals.

The Adult Bladder and Bowel Health Care Assistant (HCA) will work as a member of the Adult Bladder and Bowel Specialist Service to provide a high quality and effective service to patients referred into the service for the management of bladder and bowel issues.

The post holder will be proficient, knowledgeable and competent. They will continue to develop in their role through the acquisition of further skills, knowledge and competencies, to be determined by the needs of the patients, the service and the team.

We are keen to hear from experienced Healthcare Assistants who are willing to train in the Bladder and Bowel Specialism.

• Please note we are unable to offer Sponsorship for this role**

Main duties of the job

• Re-assess patients in receipt of products from the Trust as delegated by nurses.
• Provide support for patients and carers.
• Be competent in undertaking urinalysis, and obtaining urine specimens.
• Assist/advise in the completion of bladder charts (frequency and volume diaries)
• Record personally generated patient interactions and interventions and update them as agreed and instructed.
• Recommend products as agreed
• To deal as appropriate with unpleasant conditions such as exposure to body fluids.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

Our Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2008 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note -

staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.