Health Technician

The Community Independence Service (CIS) Home First team works with acute hospitals to facilitate supported discharge for medically stable patients back into the community. Providing physiotherapy, occupational therapy and short term care support.

People can be assessed in their own home on the same day, empowering them to remain at home as independently as possible.

We are looking for Health Care Support Workers with a passion for patient care, drive, enthusiasm and compassion.

Come and join our team and give care to those in the community settings across inner London – based in Westminster/K&C or Hammersmith and Fulham.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

We require you to

• Be able to work independently and as part of a team
• Use your initiative and also take direction
• Understand escalation pathways and safe working practices
• Develop under a competency framework - set out by the teams needs
• Understanding of safeguarding and Mental Capacity
• Flexibility
• Able to work weekdays and weekends
• Friendly, caring, compassionate, adaptable
• Driver desirable

Here at Central and North West London NHS Trust we provide an extensive range of specialist health services including Physical Health, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Eating Disorders, Addictions, Sexual Health and Health and Justice across London, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. Our services are mainly provided in the community, hospitals, schools and prisons.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

What we offer

• 27 days’ leave (rising to 29 after 5 and to 33 after 10 years’ service)
• Enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities
• Regular ongoing supervision and appraisals with optional coaching available
• Support towards the Continuous Professional Certificate
• Support to complete the Care Certificate
• Generous NHS pension
• Great maternity, paternity and adoption support
• Childcare vouchers
• Access to meaningful discounts and benefits such as cycle and travelcard loans, salary deduction schemes enabling you to buy a car and hundreds of household items whilst spreading the cost over 12 months.

2. Clinical
The post holder will be expected to undertake the following (training will be given):

• Respond to rapid response case load as delegated by a registered practitioner.
• Triage and telephone discussion about patient care and care provision.
• Administer medication as agreed within areas of competence and under the direction of

a qualified nurse and act as ‘second signatory’ as required.

• Wound care
• Vital observations and diagnostics e.g. blood pressure, pulse, SATs, blood glucose monitoring
• ECG recording and escalation to for appropriate analysis of results
• Venepuncture, escalation of bloods for analysis and results for analysis to appropriate

registered practitioner.

• Assist with clinical visits as directed by the registered practitioner.
• Near patient testing e.g. INR monitoring, BG monitoring and other near patient testing as required.
• Health promotion advice.
• Secondary health screening, falls assessment, equipment assessment and in home

assessment needs.