Advanced Healthcare Assistant

The post holder will work across the services of Interventional Radiology (IR), Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial (OPAT) and Venous Access (VAT) teams to deliver high standards of patient care and quality of service provision under the direction of the registered nursing team. The post holder will support the team in making the best use of resources to ensure efficient delivery of planned and emergency workload. This post will involve working in the Interventional Radiology lab, the Interventional Ultrasound (US) lab and the Day care unit.
Interview: 10th April 2024
The post will close once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Strive to maintain the highest standard of patient care at all times by using the nursing process to access patient’s individual needs, plan care within the overall framework of nursing, implement and evaluate nursing care acting on the outcomes, in consultation with senior nursing staff.
To support the registered nursing team in the preparation and post procedure care of patients and to assist during clinical/therapeutic activities or treatments, investigations and procedures.
To prepare the IR/US labs for daily list, including setting sterile procedure trolleys
To act in a circulating role during interventional procedures, attaching monitoring equipment, including ECG, blood pressure to patients, recording and reporting findings
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We’re also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people’s homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.
Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we’re no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.
If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that’s making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you’re looking for.
Please see the attached supporting document (Job Description) which contains more information about the role