Job overview
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 care
programs as delegated by a registered healthcare practitioner, and report back on
progress. 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 necessary
for 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 and
Care 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, and
booking patients into clinic appointment.
- Patient data entry into EXCEL document.
Working for our organisation
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 our Wellbeing 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work within own level of assessed competence and participate actively in training and assessment; take personal responsibility for booking and participating in all statutory & mandatory training required for the role.
Follow written policies, protocols/operating procedures and patient treatment/care plans, with support from registered healthcare practitioners available
Work at all times in a way that minimises the risk of infection (to patients and self) and maintains health, safety and security in line with established protocols (e.g. hand hygiene, use of Personal Protective Equipment)
At all times, maintain patient dignity, privacy and confidentiality
Assess (through basic observations) patient health, safety & wellbeing before and while undertaking any activity or intervention, and respond accordingly
Provide concise, legible and accurate data and records of own work, handwritten and input to computer systems, e.g. Electronic Patient Record
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
1. 2+ Experience as a HCA
2. Level 2 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support, Health & Social Care or relevant equivalent qualification (eg. Care Certificate or NVQ Level 2)
3. Comprehensive experience of working in an acute setting
Desirable criteria
4. Respiratory Specific Experience
5. Experience in administrative work/working with IT systems
6. Level 3 Diploma in Clinical healthcare Support, Health & Social Care or relevant equivalent qualification (eg. Apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3)
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Essential criteria
7. Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
8. Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
Important information for applicants:
A Note on AI Use in Applications
We value the individuality and authenticity that each candidate brings to the application process. While AI tools are increasingly accessible, we strongly discourage their use in completing your application. Your responses should reflect your own voice, experiences, and motivations—elements that are essential to a fair and accurate evaluation.
Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content may misrepresent your abilities and could result in your application being rejected. We encourage you to take the time to present your genuine self, as this helps us better understand your potential and ensures a transparent selection process.
Closing Adverts Early: In the event of exceptional interest, we may close adverts earlier than specified.
Some of our adverts are capped for a limited number of applications; therefore, the advert will close once the cap has been reached. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible if you are interested in the position to prevent you from missing out on applying for the opportunity.
Flexible Working: If you would like to explore potential options regarding flexible working please speak with the appropriate recruiting/line manager.
DBS Checks: As part of our commitment to a safe working environment, we undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check on all new employees where the role is eligible for a criminal record check. We make offers in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975.
Skilled Worker Visa: Applications for Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome for the roles that meet the Visa and Immigrations eligibility criteria. For further information please visit the gov.uk website searching for Skilled Worker. It is your responsibility as the applicant to ensure that you meet this criteria.
UHSussex reserves the right to close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications