Healthcare Assistant

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Foots Cray; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Foots Cray seeks a motivated Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to support diagnostic assessments for ADHD and ASD. The role involves working in a multidisciplinary team responsible for monitoring children and young people’s health. Candidates should possess good interpersonal and digital skills. Flexible working hours are expected. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to services for children with neurodevelopmental conditions.

Qualifications

• Ability to support diagnostic assessments for ADHD and ASD.
• Competent in physical monitoring of children and young people.
• Good computer skills and ability to work well in a team.

Responsibilities

• Support assessment and management of children with ADHD and ASD.
• Administer objective assessment tools for ADHD diagnostics.
• Monitor and communicate changes in children's conditions.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Digital technology competence

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an HCA to contribute to the integrated neurodevelopmental pathway in Oxleas. Working across the Greenwich and Bexley teams the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting diagnostic assessments for ADHD and ASD, supporting the ongoing physical monitoring of children and young people on medication. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Community Paediatricians, an Advanced Pharmacist, Clinical Associate Psychologists and an HCA. We require a motivated individual with a keen interest in improving services for children and young people with neurodevelopmental conditions and an ability to adapt quickly to change. The applicant will have good interpersonal skills and an ability to work well as part of a team. They will also have good computer skills and competence in using digital technology. Hours of work will be predominantly 09.00 - 17.00 with flexibility to work between the hours of 08.00 - 18.00 occasionally to meet the needs of the service. Operational management is provided by the Team Leader for the Greenwich ADHD team.

Responsibilities

• To be part of the IND ADHD team providing support in the assessment and ongoing management of children and young people with ADHD and ASD.
• To support diagnostic assessments for ADHD by administering an objective assessment tool and collating information gained from this with other background information gathered from families, schools and other sources.
• To provide the multi-disciplinary team with the information gathered above to support clinical decision making about diagnosis.
• To be competent in undertaking physical monitoring of children and young people, such as blood pressure, pulse, height and weight.
• To liaise with the multi-disciplinary team and make them aware of any changes to a child or young person\'s condition.
• To carry out all duties within good practice guidelines.

About Oxleas

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:

• We\'re Kind
• We\'re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care