Health Care Assistant-Surrey Downs H&C

Job summary

Surrey Downs Health & Care

We are looking for a compassionate and dedicatedHealthcare Assistant (HCA) to join our Dorking District Nursing Team. As an essential member of our team, you will support nurses in delivering high-quality care to patients in their own homes, helping to promote independence and improve health outcomes.

What We Offer:

• A supportive and friendly team environment.
• Training and development opportunities to enhance your skills.
• NHS benefits package.

If you are a caring and motivated individual with a passion for community healthcare, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Conduct home visits to support patients with their care needs.
• Assist in specialist care activities such as wound care, Doppler assessments, phlebotomy, and bladder screening under supervision.
• Perform diagnostic tests as requested by District Nurses, Community Matrons, or GPs, including chronic disease monitoring and repeat testing for residential home patients.
• Carry out delegated clinical interventions, ensuring best practice and patient safety at all times.

• Work collaboratively within the district nursing team, following established procedures and care standards.
• Support clerical and administrative tasks as required to ensure efficient service delivery.
• Maintain regular communication with senior team members and escalate relevant concerns appropriately.

• Maintain accurate, timely, and clear patient records in accordance with Surrey Downs Health and Care guidelines.
• Manage telephone enquiries, take messages, and liaise with appropriate team members.
• Ensure adequate supplies of documentation and stationery for clinical and administrative use.
• Record and manage data entry, including mileage logs and annual leave records in staff databases.

• Assist in assessing patient care needs and implementing individualised care plans in line with professional standards.
• Support, educate, and inform patients, families, and carers to enhance understanding and participation in care.

About us

Surrey Downs Health and Care deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks, Community Hospitals, Specialist Services and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centered care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for the individual. This partnership includes:

• The three GP federations GP Health Partners, Dorking Health Care and Surrey Medical Network representing practices that operate in the Surrey Downs area
• CSH Surrey
• Epsom and St Helier's University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Surrey Council County

Historically, there have been boundary lines between the organisations that provide care to people in their homes, in GP surgeries and in hospitals, but we have always been united in our mission to provide great care to the people who need us.

It's on those grounds that the Surrey Downs Health and Care was formed - we want local people to receive the care that they need in the right environment. By bringing together our expertise, we can improve patient care and enable local people to access the right support, care and treatment more easily than ever before.

In bringing this partnership together, we are working to the same set of values that will translate into better care for our residents.