Job vacancy: Healthcare Support Worker - TIA Clinic, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St. Edmunds

Job summary

Main area

Nursing Assistant

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 3 (2 whilst Training)

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Flexible working

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

179-7376119-M

Employer: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Bury St. Edmunds
Salary: £24,465 - £26,598 Per annum Pro Rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/09/2025 23:59

Healthcare Support Worker - TIA Clinic

NHS AfC: Band 3 (2 whilst Training)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the Job Role and Person Specification, Please see attached Job Description.

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Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Holds National Care Certificate or be willing to undertake (Band 2 Whilst Training)

Desirable criteria

National Care Certificate
Functional Skills level 1 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent

Experience and knowledge

Essential criteria

Experience working in a healthcare, social care organisation/setting or service industry requiring people contact.
Ability to work with staff from a diverse range of Backgrounds
Ability to work alone or in small team
Understanding of team working
Knowledge of normal and abnormal vital signs readings and know how to escalate concerns
Key numeric and literacy knowledge
Understanding the importance of patient confidentiality
Awareness of keeping the clinical environment safe and clean

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within a health care environment.
Understanding about radiology procedures (MRI, CT, Ultrasound) and respective preparation for those
Demonstrate through previous experience the ability to escalate concerns
Knowledge of the Data Protection Act
Understanding of risk management and Health Safety issues, including manual handling

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Good communications skills (written and verbal)
Ability to communicate with a range of different people, including service users, carers and members of the multi-disciplinary team
Ability to undertake vital signs measurements, including GCS, in line with the policy
Ability to provide patients with an environment that supports privacy and dignity, equality and diversity
Able to work on own initiative, following direction/supervision by a Registered Healthcare Practitioner.
Effective use of electronic solutions to support the delivery of patient care
General administration skills
Able to use different IT systems

Desirable criteria

Ability to undertake blood glucose measurements and know how to escalate concerns
Ability to undertake ECGs in line with policy and know how to record and report results
Ability to collect blood samples

Personal qualities

Essential criteria

Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
Ability to deal with challenging situations and different personalities

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Job Description and Personal Specification (PDF, 696.3KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Joana Proenca
Job title: Lead Clinical Nurse for Stroke
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01284 713621

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Healthcare Support Worker - TIA Clinic

NHS AfC: Band 3 (2 whilst Training)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Education and qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience and knowledge

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Desirable criteria

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Desirable criteria

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Essential criteria

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