Job overview
What We’re Looking For
1. Qualifications: Experience in working as a health care assistant. Have a knowledge of managing and caring for patients with Tissue Viability and Bladder & Bowel health issues and the impact these issues can have on people. Preferably, have evidence of training around wound management and pressure area care, catheter care and incontinence management.
2. Experience: Experience in working as a health care assistant and experience in working in the community setting visiting people in their place of residence and clinics with a variety of wound types and continence issues. Also experience in administrative roles including; documenting on SystmOne electronic record system, minute taking, stock ordering, checking and answering emails and telephone calls, stock checks and auditing and also experience of Microsoft word, excel and MS Teams
3. Skills: Excellent communication verbal and non-verbal, time management, and IT skills including minute taking, stock ordering and management, working in clinics and visiting patients in their homes, infection prevention, dressing application and aseptic non touch technique, catheter management and management of incontinence, working as part of a team and collaborative working in a busy environment
4. Travelling across Ealing borough and one mile beyond: You will be expected to travel across the borough carrying equipment (often large amounts of boxes etc) so a car driver would be preferable
5. This role does not offer sponsorship
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work in Tissue viability clinics & Continence / catheter clinics at least 4 days per weeks and home visits too
6. Working hours and days: The service currently works Monday to Friday 08:30 am to 16:30 pm. This is a full time position and applicants must be able to commit to working 5 days per week.
·To support the teams in clinics across the borough, support with joint visits across the borough also in own homes, nursing homes, supported living, residential homes and Clayponds community hospital
·To be competent in applying dressings, NWPT and compression therapy (bandaging, Wraps and hosiery), catheter management and continence promotion.
·Carry out ABPI assessments and Bladder scans as part of the assessments.
·Monitoring vital signs and NEWS 2 score and escalate concerns
·To have knowledge of basic wound care and wound bed preparation and types of incontinence and management of same
·To have knowledge in different types of wounds and presentations
·To have knowledge of pressure ulceration categorisation and understand pressure area care
·To carry out a continence assessment and understand what support can be provided to promote continence
7. This role does not offer sponsorship
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Education and Experience
Essential criteria
8. NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of education.
9. Experience of using word / excel and MS Teams
10. Experience of providing health care.
11. GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
12. Experience of SystmOne / electronic record system
13. At least 6 months’ experience of working within a community setting and working with wound management and continence promotion
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
14. Ability to work with limited supervision.
15. Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally and electronically.
16. Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
17. Ability to prioritise and organise own workload in collaboration with qualified nurses.
18. A commitment to provide high quality care to clients
19. Demonstrate a flexible and reliable approach to work, which meets the needs of the service.
20. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
21. Have an understanding of equal opportunities and its application to practice
22. Ability to do ordering, update excel sheets, take minutes and some report writing
23. Ability to impart knowledge and skills to patients/carers
24. 11.Have an understanding of equal opportunities and its application to practice