Healthcare Assistant - Surrey Downs H&C

at  Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

• Coordinate and participate in specialist care e.g. wound care, Doppler testing, phlebotomy, bladder screening and clinical activities, under the supervision and guidance of Registered Nurses
• Undertake diagnostic tests on request of District Nurses, Community Matron or GP’s e.g. for chronic disease monitoring programmes. This may include home visiting or responsibility for coordinating repeat or regular testing for residents in residential homes
• Undertake clinical interventions as delegated by a senior team member

ADMINISTRATION AND CLERICAL DUTIES:

• Maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to Surrey Downs Health and Care procedures
• Take and record telephone messages, respond and liaise appropriately
• Manage stationery and documentation supplies
• To be responsible for maintaining data entry and other record keeping e.g. recording mileage and annual leave on staff databases

OTHER DUTIES

• Work in partnership with patients ensuring privacy and dignity is maintained
• Maintain close liaison with the senior team member who is responsible for the workload
• Work in co-operation with all other professionals and agencies involved in the care of the client
• Be aware of and act upon, where necessary, the procedures in place to protect vulnerable individuals
• Participate in the Surrey Downs Health and Care Governance Strategy
• Participate in Surrey Downs Health and Care Risk Management Strategy
• Undertake such duties as may be reasonably required from time to time as are consistent with the responsibility and scale of the post
• The postholder is are employed to work within Surrey Downs Health and Care localities and may be reasonably requested to move base temporarily or on a more permanent basis, as requested by service needs