Senior Nursing Assistant - Neighbourhood Nursing (District Nursing)

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust recherche des assistantes infirmières expérimentées pour rejoindre leurs équipes de soins communautaires dans les Boroughs de Lambeth et Southwark. Le poste exige un NVQ Level 3 et un Care Certificate, ainsi qu'une expérience professionnelle antérieure dans le secteur de la santé. Ce rôle vital offre la possibilité de travailler avec une équipe reconnue pour son excellence clinique.

Qualifications

• Expérience de travail comme assistant de santé dans un hôpital ou un cadre enregistré.
• Capacité à prendre des observations cliniques.
• Compétences en phlébotomie et soins de plaies.

Responsibilities

• Aider à la gestion clinique des patients avec des conditions complexes.
• Assurer un haut standard de soins infirmiers et promotion de la santé.
• Participer à la collecte d'échantillons et à l'administration de médicaments.

Skills

Communication

IT literate

Organisational skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health care

Care Certificate

GCSEs or equivalent

Job description

Band 3

Main area Community Services Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 196-NM12977

Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Community Town London Salary £30,039 - £31,088 p.a inc HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 24/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 04/08/2025

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.

Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.

Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.

In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.

Job overview

We are currently looking for experienced Senior Nursing Assistants to join our Neighbourhood Nursing teams across the Boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark.

We take pride in caring for our staff as much as our patients. We ensure that our staff are supported and fully able to provide outstanding care to our patients within the community.

We are one of only two community teams in the UK to receive an outstanding status by CQC. Come and join us, and become a part of the amazing work we do!

Your application must demonstrate your knowledge, experience as well as your skills and why you believe you have the necessary skills to be considered for the role.

You will be required to submit evidence that you completed the NVQ Level 3 in a relevant field (e.g., Health and Social Care) and the Care Certificate (both theory and practice).

In-person interviews are required.

• Closing Date: 24th June 2025 at Midnight
• Interviews Week commencing 4th August 202

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be a member of the Neighbourhood Nursing (District Nursing) Team and will participate in the clinical case management of patients who have a wide variety of complex, high-risk and supported/self-care conditions. Working directly with the Neighbourhood Nursing team, the post-holder will help to ensure the provision of a high standard of nursing care and health promotion. The care will be provided in a range of settings including patients’ homes, residential homes.

No day will be the same and some of the activities required will be:

• Proficiency in phlebotomy and undertake observations such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate and temperature;
• Assist in the collection of specimens including blood samples;
• Assess comfort of patients and escalate appropriately as required;
• Assist with wound care dressings and in the implementation of simple wound care.
• Administering medication in accordance with the Trust Policies and assisting with palliative and end of life care.
• Proficient in use a range of IT systems related to patient care.

Working for our organisation

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally.

We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local communities, , patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for a comprehensive overview of the role, including required skills, experience, and specific responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Education

• Evidence of general education e.g. GCSE’s or equivalent.
• NVQ III in Health care or equivalent qualification in the area of speciality
• Care Certificate
• Previous experience of working as a healthcare assistant in a hospital, or registered care setting
• Experience of taking clinical observations
• Experience in catheter/stoma-care, basic wound care, and venepuncture.

Skills/Knowledge/ Ability

• Clear and accurate written and verbal communication
• Excellent communication skills including written and verbal
• IT literate, able to use patient IT systems, email and mobile technology
• Ability to feedback to colleagues
• Good organisational skills
• Ability to interpret and analyse data and reports
• Able to listen effectively and demonstrate a sympathetic /sensitive approach, and be able to speak effectively to colleagues, staff and patients
• Proven ability to understand and comply with detailed procedures and follow instructions
• Demonstrate ability to manage priorities under pressure
• Proven ability to adapt to new ideas, knowledge and skills
• Demonstrate ability to use own initiative and work without close supervision
• Understanding of the requirements of patient confidentiality
• Punctual and reliable
• Venepuncture

Additional Information

• Manual handling of patients, using appropriate equipment
• Able and willing to work flexible shift patterns and unsocial hours, according to service and patient needs
• Physically able to travel to patient homes and meet the demands of the job
• An understanding of and commitment to promote equality, diversity and inclusion within the service.
• Car Driver

Guy’s and St Thomas’celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.

We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personalcircumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.

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