Bank Health Care Assistant
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
Crawley, RH11 7DH
Salary
£25,760 to £27,476
Contract
Bank
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
7 September 2026
7 days left
Job description
Do you want to work for the NHS at a time when it needs you more than ever? Join our Bank Workforce as a Healthcare Assistant and make a difference ev...
- Supporting the clinical teams in the delivery of urgent care services.
- Assist registered practitioners in the assessment and care of patients by undertaking delegated clinical tasks such as recording vital signs and promptly escalating any changes in the patients condition.
- Provide wound care, plastering, ECGs and other tasks, maintaining dignity, privacy and confidentiality at all times.
- Communicate effectively with patients, carers and members of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to accurate documentation and patient records using relevant electronic systems. To be aware of the of the importance o
- Support patient flow within the units, including observing patients in waiting areas, assisting with the discharge process and ensuring patients and carers are appropriately involved in their care.
- Maintain a safe clinical environment by adhering to infection prevention and control procedures, health and safety requirements, and Trust policies, reporting risks, incidents and concerns appropriately.
- Work flexibly across Lewes UTC, Crowborough MIU and Uckfield MIU, add other units and other Trust locations where required, to support service needs.
- Participate in team meetings, training, audits and service improvement activities, acting as a positive ambassador for the Trust and Bank Workforce.
- Team working across all six sites, participating in team meetings, audits and service improvement activities while acting as a positive ambassador for the Trust
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.
Why work for us?o Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeingo Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussexo Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retiremento Excellent training, development, and research opportunitieso Accredited Living Wage Employer, we ensure fair pay for all our staffo Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brightono Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networkso Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust
Our values--Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence--guide everything we do.
We embrace diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds, particularly from ethnically diverse, disabled, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We aim to create an inclusive environment and support reasonable adjustments during recruitment.
This post may close early if sufficient applications are received.
Qualifications and/or Professional registration
Essential
- Good basic education
Desirable
- NVQ 2/3 and or Care certificate
Experience
Essential
- Experience in acute/emergency nursing care
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Moving and Handling skills
- Importance of confidentiality, privacy and dignity
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Ability to problem solve, anticipate and forward plan
Desirable
- Wound Care Management
- Removal of sutures
- Recording 12 lead ECG's
- Application and problem solving of plaster casts
Other requirements
Essential
- IT literate/ must be able to use a computer
- Must be able to undertake nursing observations and able to recognise a deteriorating patient
- Is able to participate as a team member
- Flexibility in shift/working patterns to meet the needs of the service
- Willing to accept additional responsibilities as delegated by senior staff
Desirable
- A special interest in urgent care nursing
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
30 August 2026
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