BANK Healthcare Assistant (UTC)

A unique vacancy has arisen for an experienced Bank Healthcare Assistant to join the Urgent Treatment Centre.

You will be required to undertake various patient clinical procedures in order to assist registered practitioners to deliver agreed pathways as part of the ongoing Urgent Care Agenda.

The role of the Bank HCA is pivotal to delivering excellence in Urgent Care and the successful candidate is expected to be supported in delivering hands on care to our patients under the supervision of registered practitioners.

Main duties of the job

To maintain standards, ensuring quality of patient care through the development of a range of knowledge & competencies to support Clinicians.

To support and ensure the effective seamless flow of patients through the Urgent Treatment Centre.

Responsibility for a specific area of work that is facilitated by the registered nurse.

To assist Clinicians with the provision of a high standard of individualised patient care and treatments where appropriate and work as an effective multi-disciplinary team member of the UTC Team.

To carry out individual patient care without direct supervision, under the direction of the clinician-in-charge.

Understands and observes appropriate standards of confidentiality.

At all times to behave and act in a way appropriate to and in accordance with "The DCHS Way".

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.