Job overview

Do you want to be a Healthcare Assistant and join one of the best Stroke Units in the UK? Our Stroke Unit has maintained the ‘A grade’ in the latest Royal College of Physicians’ Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) audit.

Our stroke service is the designated 24 hour thrombolysis centre for Buckinghamshire and East Berkshire, with 12 hyper- acute beds and 29 acute rehabilitation beds shared in between two wards: the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit and the Acute Stroke Unit. We run a high risk TIA clinic 365 days a year.

Main duties of the job

Working as a Healthcare Assistant, you will be part of a busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated in providing individualised, evidence based stroke care.

Working within the TIA clinic team.

Greet patients in the outpatient department, take bloods, perform ECGs and record observations. Process electronic referrals. Maintain an Excel spreadsheet. Communicate with patients and other healthcare professionals face to face, by email, and on the telephone.

You should be proficient with phlebotomy and obtaining ECGs,  have great communication skills, and be experienced in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Working on the hyper acute, and acute stroke wards. Your working day will be varied and will include, but is not limited to, the following:

Promote patient comfort and well-being. Communicate with patients who may have speech disturbance due to their stroke.

Work within a large stroke multi-disciplinary team where all our staff have an important role.

Assist with admission, transfer and discharge of patients.

Assist patients with personal care, using the correct moving & handling techniques.  
Assist patients with eating and drinking as advised by the Speech and Language Therapists.

Obtain and record patient observations.

Working for our organisation

 Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes. 

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.