About this role
Job summary
Do you want to work for the NHS at a time when it needs you more than ever? Join our Bank Workforce as a Healthcare Assistant and make a difference every day.
We are looking for motivated and compassionate Healthcare Assistants to join our Trust Bank, supporting our Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and Minor Injury Unit (MIU) services. This flexible bank role offers the opportunity to work shifts on an ad hoc basis across multiple sites, including Lewes UTC, Crowborough MIU and Uckfield MIU, helping us provide high-quality urgent care to our local communities.
As a Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will work alongside a team of nurses, paramedics, doctors, HCA's and admin to deliver time sensitive, safe, effective and patient-centred care. A full UK driving licence and access to transport are essential due to the requirement to work across different locations.
Please note: Due to recent changes in UK immigration and visa rules, this role may not 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.
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Main duties of the job
Supporting the clinical teams in the delivery of urgent care services. Assist registered practitioners in the assessment and care of patients by undertaking delegated clinical tasks such as recording vital signs and promptly escalating any changes in the patients condition. Provide wound care, plastering, ECGs and other tasks, maintaining dignity, privacy and confidentiality at all times. Communicate effectively with patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to accurate documentation and patient records using relevant electronic systems. To be aware of the of the importance o Support patient flow within the units, including observing patients in waiting areas, assisting with the discharge process and ensuring patients and carers are appropriately involved in their care. Maintain a safe clinical environment by adhering to infection prevention and control procedures, health and safety requirements, and Trust policies, reporting risks, incidents and concerns appropriately. Work flexibly across Lewes UTC, Crowborough MIU and Uckfield MIU, add other units and other Trust locations where required, to support service needs. Participate in team meetings, training, audits and service improvement activities, acting as a positive ambassador for the Trust and Bank Workforce. Team working across all six sites, participating in team meetings, audits and service improvement activities while acting as a positive ambassador for the Trust
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 Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo 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 Trust
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 description Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more details regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Professional registration Essential
Good basic education
Desirable
NVQ 2/3 and or Care certificate
Experience Essential
Experience in acute/emergency nursing care
Skills and Knowledge Essential
Moving and Handling skills Importance of confidentiality, privacy and dignity Excellent written and spoken English Ability to problem solve, anticipate and forward plan
Desirable
Wound Care Management Removal of sutures Recording 12 lead ECG's Application and problem solving of plaster casts
Other requirements Essential
IT literate/ must be able to use a computer Must be able to undertake nursing observations and able to recognise a deteriorating patient Is able to participate as a team member Flexibility in shift/working patterns to meet the needs of the service Willing to accept additional responsibilities as delegated by senior staff
Desirable
A special interest in urgent care nursing
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.
Employer details Employer name Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Address Crawley Hospital
West Green Drive
Crawley
RH11 7DH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)