Administrative / Health Care Assistant Staff - Hounslow, United Kingdom - West London NHS Trust

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as an administration staff / health care assistant (HCA) in a Community Respiratory Service in Hounslow, as part of Integrated Care service line at West London NHS Trust.


This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed person to join new Community Respiratory Service in Hounslow, as part of Integrated Care service line at West London NHS Trust as a Band 3 Administrative / HCA.

You will be working as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team comprising of nurses and physiotherapists.


Hounslow Community Respiratory Service, support chronic respiratory patients in the community with managing their conditions, providing them with support to Self-Manage.


  • Helping with the daytoday running of the team as a whole which may in addition include organisation of appointments, liaising with GP Practices for patient information, triaging and prioritising telephone calls from patients and the wider MDT
  • There will also be some general administration duties including uploading of clinical information, photocopying and supporting the Physiotherapist / CNS with ad hoc activities
  • To be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide
Would you like to work in a supportive specialist community team? We may be the team for you.


West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental and physical health, community and social care in the UK.


Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives.

We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.


We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.

We are rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).


Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.


We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.


We are seeking a nursing and physiotherapy profession to provide direct care for patients with Respiratory conditions the community based Oxygen and Respiratory Case Management Team, including Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Hounslow residents using a multi-disciplinary team approach.


The service is to provide:


  • Home Oxygen Service
  • Assessment and Review (HOS-AR)
  • Case Management and support of patients with unstable or more complex respiratory disease.
  • Primary Care Education and Support.
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation service; Supporting patients to manage their breathlessness through exercises and improve their functional abilities.

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