Twilight Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

The Adur Twilight Team are based in Lancing and are part of the Overnight Services in West Sussex .

The Adur Twilight team provide nursing care to patient's in their own homes within West Sussex. You would work alongside a registered nurse, providing urgent interventions to patients requiring symptom management for end of life care, urgent catheterisation, admission avoidance for deteriorating patients, urgent wound care and medication administration. Our shifts commence at 18:00hrs and finish at 23:00hrs which works well for parents of school age children. We welcome a call or visit from interested applicants so that we can answer any questions you have.

We also offer great development opportunities for our Health Care Assistants and we are passionate about supporting you throughout your career.

Main duties of the job

Assisting the registered nurse with nursing interventions. You will be required to learn skills such as administering some injectable medications, providing wound care, advanced communication skills and IT skills to support you with documentation in patient records and E-learning. We also require you to be a car driver and flexible within your shift as to where you will be required to attend to a patient.

This list is far from exhaustive but the role is interesting and the team are very supportive.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff