Health Care Assistant

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge. Together, we’ve a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore. If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
- **come and take your place with us.**

**Job overview**:
We are looking for highly motivated and innovative Health Care Assistant to join our busy specialist nursing team, in Dermatology Out Patients. You will support the specialist nurses who look after patients with inflammatory skin disease who require drug monitoring.

The Dermatology Centre at Salford offers a full range of dermatology services and is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Specialist services include:
Psoriasis Clinic Eczema Clinic Hidradenitis Suppurativa Clinic Dermatological Surgery
Laser surgery
Mohs' Surgery
Paediatric Dermatology
Allergy Testing
Skin cancer clinics

Your job role will involve working with the specialist nurse team, but you may also be asked to support dermatologists in any the above areas.

Whilst our main department is based at Salford Royal, we also have spoke services based at Bury, Radcliffe, and Stockport, Your main work base will be Salford but you will be expected to work across sites when required.

Every year the center cares for approximately 13,000 new outpatients with a further 26,000 follow up appointments. We aim to provide the highest achievable standards of care.

**Main duties of the job**:
You will be a motivated team player with a flexible attitude and be able to demonstrate commitment to your own professional development. You will have an knowledge in Dermatology and experience in helping to care for patients with inflammatory skin disease (eg psoriasis, eczema) would be highly desirable.

Your role will include the following areas.

Supporting patient care delivery by running independent clinics (face to face and telephone) under the supervision of highly Specialist nurses and the nurse Consultant

Supporting the Specialist Nurse Inflammatory Skin Disease Clinics including biologic and drug monitoring

Coordinating Home care Prescription management

Phlebotomy

You will be required to work over 5 days, 31.0 hours per week.

**Working for our organisation**:
Salford Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organizations in the country. A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Level 1 Literacy and Numeracy

**Desirable criteria**:

- NVQ level 2
- 1 year experience working at Band 2 CSW level in a healthcare setting

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of working with members of the public or experience a desire to work in the Health Service

**Desirable criteria**:

- Interest in dermatology and working in the biologics team
- Experience of working within healthcare environment
- Experience of working within a team

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Knowledge in Dermatology

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