Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Health Care Assistant

The closing date is 23 November 2026

Job summary
***Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post***
The Healthcare Assistant role sits within the Greenwich Community COPD Team and will support the Matrons, Associate Matrons and Physiotherapists to assess and manage COPD patients as part of their ongoing care. They will also also support the team administrators in their role providing telephone response, urgent communication and diary management.

Main duties of the job

• To complete physical health observations, such as oxygen sats, weight and blood pressure
• To complete home risk assessment for prospective oxygen patients
• Picking up of microbiology samples and dropping to collection point
• Using RIO (electronic system) to record and retrieve information on service users.
• Undertaking word processing for the provision of required reports, letters, summaries, etc. within the set standards.
• Respond to incoming calls and deal with enquiries in accordance with management procedures. Record all messages accurately ensuring appropriate action is taken and messages passed to the relevant discipline/clinician. Use initiative in finding appropriate clinician for advice if required staff member is absent.
• Undertake administrative duties to support clinicians.
• Undertaking an assistant role in Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes to support clinicians. Be able to supervise patients with a range of co-morbidities and physical health challenges. Understand the importance of exercise and facilitate patient engagement.
• Booking of appointments and maintaining clinicians' RiO diaries
• Maintaining a database of team equipment and liaising with contractor for servicing

About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Details
Date posted: 09 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £30,630 to £32,346 a year pa inc pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 277-8405843-CPH

Job locations
181 Goldie leigh, Lodge Hill, Abbey Wood, SE2 0AS, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities

• To complete physical health observations, such as oxygen sats, weight and blood pressure
• To complete home risk assessment for prospective oxygen patients
• Picking up of microbiology samples and dropping to collection point
• Using RIO (electronic system) to record and retrieve information on service users.
• Undertaking word processing for the provision of required reports, letters, summaries, etc. within the set standards.
• Respond to incoming calls and deal with enquiries in accordance with management procedures. Record all messages accurately ensuring appropriate action is taken and messages passed to the relevant discipline/clinician. Use initiative in finding appropriate clinician for advice if required staff member is absent.
• Undertake administrative duties to support clinicians.
• Undertaking an assistant role in Pulmonary Rehabilitation classes to support clinicians. Be able to supervise patients with a range of co-morbidities and physical health challenges. Understand the importance of exercise and facilitate patient engagement.
• Booking of appointments and maintaining clinicians RiO diaries
• Maintaining a database of team equipment and liaising with contractor for servicing

Person Specification
Education

• Essential: NVQ III or equivalent qualification / experience
• Desirable: IT qualification or experience

Experience

• Essential: Experience of working with patients with long term conditions
• Desirable: Ability to complete basic nursing tasks according to agreed protocol

Skills and Knowledge

• Essential: Multidisciplinary or Team working
• Desirable: Ability to plan and organise work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details
Employer name: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address: 181 Goldie leigh, Lodge Hill, Abbey Wood, SE2 0AS, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://oxleas.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Health Care Assistant, Helen Jefford, h.jefford@nhs.net, 02083203340

Supporting documents
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