NHS
Health Care Support Worker - Community COPD Team
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Job Description
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- Support less experienced team members of staff in their orientation to the working environment.
- Utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient records.
- Promote health and well-being and participate in teaching patients, relatives and carers as delegated by the trained member of staff, e.g. advising on healthy diet, smoking cessation.
- Support the team in expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
- Support staff and patients exposed to difficult situations arising in the clinical area. E.g. after receipt of bad news or following an unexpected event.
- Maintain a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control at all times.
- Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
- Regular stock checking and ordering
- Support less experienced team members of staff in their orientation to the working environment.
- Utilise IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient records.
- Promote health and well-being and participate in teaching patients, relatives and carers as delegated by the trained member of staff, e.g. advising on healthy diet, smoking cessation.
- Support the team in expected and unexpected clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need.
- Support staff and patients exposed to difficult situations arising in the clinical area. E.g. after receipt of bad news or following an unexpected event.
- Maintain a clean, safe environment ensuring adherence to Trust standards of cleanliness, hygiene and infection control at all times.
- Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
- Regular stock checking and ordering
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- Meets essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- Meets essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- see supporting documents
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- Meets essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- Meets essential criteria
- Meets desirable criteria
- see supporting documents
Job summary
We are a small community based team that conducts clinics within the COCHC building and we also review patients in their usual residence. There will be the need for the successful applicant to lone work with patients in their usual residence. We are based in the Paybody Annexe building and offer free parking at this site. You can claim any mileage incurred for work placed travel. This role involves contributing to the implementation and deliverance of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) specialist service across Coventry and will include working in a clinic setting as well as lone working in patient's homes.
Driving qualification and access to own transport is essential. If you do not have a UK drivers licence or access to a car your application will be rejected. International licenses or provisional licenses will not be accepted. Evidence will be requested.
***Please be advised that this role is not eligible for sponsorship***
Main duties of the job
The Healthcare Assistant will be working alongside Registered Nurses, Physiotherapists and Consultants, and under supervision will support the team in providing optimum patient care, ensuring adherence to Trust policy and procedures at all times. Please refer to the person specification for further information.1. Responsible for own actions, ensuring all patient interactions/observations are communicated to the appropriate healthcare practitioner.2. Inform the appropriate healthcare practitioner of any delegated work which has not been carried out, in addition to any concerns about a patient's condition.3. Undertake agreed clinical and non-clinical tasks, extending range following training in defined practices. Ensure referral to the appropriate healthcare practitioner where appropriate.4. Demonstrate technical and / or practical skills to ensure optimum patient management e.g. cannulation, ECGs , phlebotomy and providing inhaler technique advice where agreed.5. Behave in a professional manner and promote effective communication and relationships with colleagues and patients.6. Organise own daily workload, including the use and cleaning of identified medical and nonmedical equipment e.g. ECG machine and observation machines.Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
About us
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.
Date posted
17 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
21 months
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
218-NM-B3-6885900-A-B
Job locations
Paybody Annexe
Stoney Stanton Road
Coventry
CV1 4FS
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Job responsibilities
For further details of the role please see the attached job description.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge
Essential
Desirable
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
Paybody Annexe
Stoney Stanton Road
Coventry
CV1 4FS
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Address
Paybody Annexe
Stoney Stanton Road
Coventry
CV1 4FS
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.