Healthcare Support Worker - Adult Community Services

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused healthcare provider in Camden Town is seeking dedicated staff to monitor patients' conditions, perform phlebotomy, and carry out nursing tasks. Ideal candidates should be caring, compassionate, and reliable, with a current UK driving licence. Join a supportive team that values diversity and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Comprehensive induction programme

Access to further training and education

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Must have a full current UK driving licence and daily access to a car as this is essential for the role.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patients' conditions by taking vital signs.
• Take blood for testing and administer insulin after training.
• Carry out catheter care and skin integrity checks.
• Undertake health promotion activities with patients and their families.
• Maintain accurate documentation immediately after nursing interventions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team-working abilities

Caring and compassionate

Reliability

Motivation

Job description

Overview

We are looking for staff who are caring, compassionate, highly motivated, enthusiastic, reliable, and have excellent communication and team-working abilities within our diverse multicultural community. With the renewed emphasis on community-based care, this is a great time to join our team and continue your journey. In return, we offer a comprehensive induction programme, access to further training and education and actively encourage and enhance career progression.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engagement and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the following aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from Black, Asian and ethnic minorities, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Role responsibilities

• Monitor patients\' conditions by taking vital signs and escalate changes to the district nurse or senior nurse on duty
• Take blood for testing (phlebotomy) and administer insulin following appropriate training and consolidation
• Carry out catheter care and skin integrity checks
• Carry out simple wound dressings and other nursing tasks as assigned by the senior nurse
• Promote patient independence through implementing rehabilitation programmes as directed by the multi-professional team
• Undertake health promotion activities with patients and their families as directed by the District Nurse or multi-disciplinary team
• Maintain up-to-date stock levels of materials and equipment used by the team
• Maintain accurate documentation immediately after nursing intervention in line with Trust policies, guidelines and procedural documents
• Use mobile working devices to record and document relevant information
• Undertake routine audits as required

Hours and requirements

• The two shift patterns for the role are 08:00–16:00 and 12:00–20:00, including weekends and bank holidays
• The post holder must have a full current UK driving licence and daily access to a car, as this is essential for the role

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post. We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date; please apply early. If shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust (LGT) is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. We employ almost 7,500 colleagues (Team LGT) and provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University Hospital Lewisham, and multiple community settings. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and physician associates, and are committed to working with partners to deliver the best outcomes for local communities.

We actively encourage applications from all eligible candidates, including those from Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, people with disabilities (visible or not), and LGBT+ individuals. We have active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's networks to celebrate diversity across our workforce.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, including emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as good or outstanding in many Care Quality Commission inspections. We are part of the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS) and related partnerships.