Senior Health Care Assistant
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Job summary
Are you a Health Care Assistant working within the NHS?
We have an exciting opportunity for highly motivated, hardworking, patient centred individuals to work within Respiratory Same Day Emergency Care as band 3.
You will be putting your years of experience as well as your high level of knowledge and skill to use helping to provide high level care to our service users.
Main duties of the job
Contribute to implementing and progressing of a range of patient treatment and careprograms as delegated by a registered healthcare practitioner, and report back onprogress. This may involve:- Making minor modifications to the care/treatment plan within prescribed parameters- Supervision of individual or group patient therapy sessions- Timetabling and, or running patient activities (e.g., outpatient clinics)- Participate as an active member of the healthcare team:- Organising own day-to-day work tasks (with support available)- Participating in on-going training and development, and maintaining skills necessaryfor the role- Contributing to the smooth and efficient running of the service- Provide day-to-day supervision and co-ordination of junior staff.- Provide support and shadowing to new HCSW on the ward to complete induction andCare Certificate- To provide supervision and co-ordination of junior staff in the department- Demonstrate skills to junior staff, providing practical training- Administrative duties including, admitting patient onto CareFlow, mail box management, andbooking patients into clinic appointment.- Patient data entry into EXCEL document.
About us
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in ourWellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Details
Date posted
03 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
279-7031927-MAR25
Job locations
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Royal Sussex County Hospital
Eastern Road
Brighton
BN2 5BE
Employer's website
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