Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Community COPD Team to provide care for patients diagnosed with COPD living in the borough of Greenwich.

This post will work as a part of a large multi-disciplinary team, including nurses, physiotherapists, a dietitian, clinical psychologist and administrators, to meet the needs of patients referred to the COPD Team, ensuring the highest possible standards of practice.

This post will involve assisting the physiotherapists to deliver pulmonary rehabilitation classes in community venues in the borough.

Main duties of the job

• To complete physical health observations, such as oxygen saturations, weight, temperature and blood pressure.
• To complete home risk assessment for prospective oxygen patients.
• Picking up of microscopy samples and dropping to a designated collection point.
• Using RIO (electronic system) to record and retrieve information on service users.
• Undertaking word processing for the provision of required reports, letters, summaries, etc. within the set standards.
• Respond to incoming calls and deal with enquiries in accordance with management procedures. Record all messages accurately ensuring appropriate action is taken and messages passed to the relevant discipline/clinician. Use initiative in finding appropriate clinician for advice if required staff member is absent.
• Undertake administrative duties to support clinicians.
• Undertaking an assistant role in Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes to support clinicians. Be able to supervise patients with a range of co-morbidities and physical health challenges during the classes under the supervision and guidance of the physiotherapist.
• Understand the importance of exercise within COPD management and facilitate patient engagement at Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes.
• Booking of appointments and maintaining clinicians' RiO diaries.
• Maintaining a database of team equipment and liaising with contractor for servicing.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

151 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

London

SE2 0AS

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

151 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

London

SE2 0AS

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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