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Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
About
First choice for Buckinghamshire and beyond
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust provide a wide range of high quality acute and community services from two acute hospital sites in Stoke Mandeville and Wycombe, and community hospitals at Amersham, Thame, Marlow, Buckingham, Chalfonts and Gerrards Cross. Details of these can be found on they hospitals and community facilities page.
Specialist services include our regional dermatology, allergy and skin cancer centre, burns care and plastics sub-regional centre, cardiac services and the National Spinal Injuries Centre.
More than 6,000 staff serve residents across Buckinghamshire, Thame (Oxfordshire), Tring (Hertfordshire) and Leighton Buzzard (Bedfordshire) - a combined population of 500,000. It serves a much larger population, 1.5m for burns and plastic services and 14m for spinal injuries.
Where your needs always come first
Our patients are at the heart of everything that we do, providing you with safe and compassionate care, every time. Our focus is on providing right care, right place, right time, first time and everything we do is aimed at delivering high-quality care when and where you need it.
Source - Trust Website
Healthcare Assistant for BIRS hospital @ home
Closed for applications on: 5-Dec-2024 00:07
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 5-Dec-2024 00:07
Key details
Location
- Site
- Base: Amersham Hospital (Our Pulmonary Rehab sessions are delivered in various community centres within Buckinghamshire)
- Address
- Wheilden Street
- Town
- Amersham
- Postcode
- HP7 0JD
- Major / Minor Region
- Buckinghamshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 6 months (secondment considered)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Compressed hours
Salary
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Buckinghamshire Integrated Respiratory Service- hospital @ home
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
The Integrated respiratory service has an exciting opportunity for a Band 3 administrator/ support role to join the integrated Respiratory team in supporting the Hospital @ home service pathway The post is a permanent post, where the successful candidate will have the opportunity to support the clinical team with administrative duties, whilst working as part of the busy respiratory service
We are looking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic healthcare assistant to join our integrated respiratory service to support patients at home ,you may also be expected to support the clinical team in the hospital setting
You will be part of the team composed of physio, respiratory specialist nurse, a health care assistant, and administrative staff. The team covers the whole or bucks county and provided services which include pulmonary rehab, home oxygen
A valid driving license is essential for this role as the post holder will be required to travel within Buckinghamshire
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- To provide an administrative and clerical service to facilitate the smooth running of the Hospital @ home service
- To assist with the team in certain delegated clinical therapy duties.
- To input data onto spreadsheets and run simple reports as requested e.g. for national audits and local reporting
- To ensure that clinical areas are maintained in a clean and tidy condition
- To be responsible for ordering stock and non-stock supplies.
- Undertake duties to assist the Team as required.
Working for our organisation
Listen to why colleagues think we are a great place to work! - https://bit.ly/3DNEQfD
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Good literary and numeric skills
- Ability to undertake training to acquire the skills appropriate for development in the post
Desirable criteria
- Level (3) NVQ or equivalent
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Previous caring experience of working in health or social care environment
Desirable criteria
- Previous NHS/Social care /Voluntary organisation experience
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good verbal communication skills
- Good ability to listen
- Good written skills
- IT skills
- Awareness of the needs of older people
- Ability to show patience and dependability
- Team player
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of the needs of people with long term conditions
- Understanding of Integrated Team
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
Essential criteria
- Physically able to perform tasks whilst kneeling, bending and able to handle patients and equipment safely
- Valid and current driving license and car to be able to travel to locations throughout
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alison malanaphy
- Job title
- Matron for Integrated Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01296 216832
- Additional information
Rhiannon Gladwyn ([email protected]) 07766780959 - Lead Nurse for Buckinghamshire Integrated Respiratory Service (BIRS)
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