Heart Failure Team Healthcare Assistant

Sussexcommunity; Horsham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in West Sussex seeks a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to support Heart Failure Nurses in delivering high-quality patient care. The role involves monitoring patients, performing assessments, and ensuring seamless care to improve patient outcomes. Join a passionate team committed to compassionate care and community health.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience in care environment.
• Experience in Community Care Work.

Responsibilities

• Support Specialist nurses in managing patients with Heart Failure.
• Perform basic physical assessments and patient education.
• Help prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Skills

Community Care Work

Patient Advocacy

Organizational Skills

Education

Care Certificate

NVQ

Basic Education

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant who can support our specialist Heart Failure Nurses and administrator in delivering excellent quality care to our patients. Our Community Heart Failure Service has a well-established team of experienced Heart Failure Nurse Specialists who support patients across West Sussex aiming to improve patient's symptoms and quality of life, using pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions.

Our patients require close monitoring, of which you will help support, by taking patient observational recordings, ECG taking, basic physical assessments, phlebotomy, patient education, whilst we work together to reduce unnecessary hospital admission & supported discharges in line with National initiatives and guidance.

We are a very busy and passionate team so if you think you have the right skills please apply.

"Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role is unlikely to be eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants who do not currently have the right to work in the UK may not be considered. Candidates requiring sponsorship should review the eligibility criteria on the gov.uk website before applying to assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role."

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the complex management of patients with Heart Failure in the community, supporting their care and treatment, whilst helping to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, whilst under the direct care of Specialist Nurses.
• To liaise with secondary care and GPs as directed by HFSN to ensure seamless care.
• To ensure carers receive support and are signposted to appropriate services
• To ensure excellent end of life care as appropriate
• Work towards completing the Heart Failure Competency Framework for Health Care Professionals, under guidance from Heart Failure Nurse Specialists within the team
• Phlebotomy and ECG.
• Basic Physical Assessment under Supervision

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trusto Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast

Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.

This post may close early if sufficient applications are received

Job responsibilities

• The role of the Health Care Assistant is an integral part of the Community Heart Failure Service supporting Specialist nurses in the management of patients diagnosed with Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction.
• You will work to undertake delegated activities to help deliver individualised care.
• You will play a vital role in the management of Heart Failure patients, performing tasks such as basic physical assessment, blood pressure, heart rate, venepuncture, ECG taking, patient education under close guidance.
• Under close guidance you will facilitate in preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, supporting patients and the wider teams to provide seamless care.
• Be responsible for ensuring high standards of health care are maintained and an active role in clinical governance.
• Ensures that all medical and emergency equipment is kept in a safe condition and is ready for use when required and that faulty equipment is reported and/or replaced as necessary.
• Ensures competency in relation to medical devices and other equipment used.
• Participates in nursing and clinical audit as guided by the team.
• Ensures application of local standards and philosophies.
• Communicates proactively with all staff on the clinical condition andtreatments/discharge plans of patients and ensures accurate nursing records are maintained by self and other staff.
• Actively involves others in communications between patients their relatives and the multi-professional team, both within the organisation and with external stakeholders, and ensures excellent communication.
• Supports specialist nurses in co-ordinating the discharge process and ensures written and verbal advice is available to patients, relatives and carers.
• Actively involves patients, relatives and carers in their treatment and encourages others to enable individuals to assist in their recovery.
• Acts an ambassador/role model for the organisation and the nursing profession

Please read the Job Description/Person Specification for more information on the role!

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in Community Care Work
• Care Certificate or relevant NVQ
• Basic Education
• Minimum 12 months experience in care environment

Skills & Knowledge

• Ability to organise own workload
• Ability to take patients physical observations
• Ability to advocate for patients and escalate concerns to professionals when required
• Ability work in a flexible way and respond positivly to change

Other Requirements

• UK Car drivers Licence and access to car
• Access to car for work purposes
• Willingness to undertake training to develop role

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.

£24,625 to £25,674 a yearper annum pro rata