Doctors Assistant - AMU - Eastbourne Hospital inEastbourne inEastbourne PUBLISHED
TUE 14 JAN 2025
Band 3
NHS
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust rNoH1zT
Opportunity to work in a supportive and friendly team environment, enhancing collaboration and camaraderie.
Engagement in a diverse and dynamic role within the Acute Medical Unit, allowing for continuous learning and professional growth.
Direct involvement in patient care and support for junior doctors, leading to a significant impact on patient outcomes.
Chance to develop crucial skills in clinical procedures, communication, and patient assessment while being part of a vital healthcare team.
Experience working in an 'Outstanding' rated organization according to the Care Quality Commission, promoting pride in the workplace.
Integration within one of the largest healthcare providers in East Sussex, contributing to a wide range of acute and community services.
The role of Doctors Assistant in the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) at Eastbourne Hospital involves supporting doctors by taking on routine tasks that can be delegated, such as conducting clinical procedures, managing paperwork, filing results, and communicating with patients and their families. This Band 3 position is aimed at individuals with a Healthcare Assistant background who are motivated, adaptable, and possess strong writing, computer, and communication skills. The goal is to alleviate the increasing workload on junior doctors, thereby allowing them to focus on more complex patient care.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which oversees this position, is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to the community and has been rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. The AMU team fosters a friendly and supportive environment and is dedicated to maintaining a high standard of care. The Trust, with over 7,000 staff members, aims to enhance its facilities through its 'Building for our Future' program, further improving patient care services in the region.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which oversees this position, is committed to providing high-quality, compassionate care to the community and has been rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. The AMU team fosters a friendly and supportive environment and is dedicated to maintaining a high standard of care. The Trust, with over 7,000 staff members, aims to enhance its facilities through its 'Building for our Future' program, further improving patient care services in the region.
The Acute Medical Unit is a diagnostic and emergency treatment unit within acute medicine with a varied workload. The team is both friendly and supportive, with a strong commitment to providing a high standard of care, and we are looking for highly motivated, dynamic and passionate individual.
This is a Band 3 role open to staff from a Healthcare Assistant background. The role is designed to assist Doctors with the routine aspects of their work that can be delegated, such as carrying out some clinical procedures, completing paperwork, filing results, assessing patients using pro-formas, and communicating with patients, relatives and other staff. This will allow medical staff to concentrate on more complex patient care. The role will be based on the wards, principally helping the junior doctors with their work. National audits indicate that Junior Doctors have an increasing workload with a lot of both clinical and administrative duties that could be undertaken by other clinical support staff.
To support the work load we are looking for established and dynamic individuals from a clinical support background to undertake these roles. Applicants should be keen, adaptable, and able to think on their feet, and possess good writing, computer and communication skills. Applicants should also be willing to accept the challenge of a new role whilst being aware of patient safety and the limits of their own competence.
The role is designed to assist Doctors with the routine aspects of their work that can be delegated, such as carrying out some clinical procedures, completing paperwork, filing results, assessing patients using pro-formas, and communicating with patients, relatives and other staff. This will allow medical staff to concentrate on more complex patient care. The role will be based on AMU ward, principally helping the junior doctors with their work. National audits indicate that Junior Doctors have an increasing workload with a lot of both clinical and administrative duties that could be undertaken by other clinical support staff.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fiona Holter Job title: Service Manager for Acute Medicine Email address:
This is a Band 3 role open to staff from a Healthcare Assistant background. The role is designed to assist Doctors with the routine aspects of their work that can be delegated, such as carrying out some clinical procedures, completing paperwork, filing results, assessing patients using pro-formas, and communicating with patients, relatives and other staff. This will allow medical staff to concentrate on more complex patient care. The role will be based on the wards, principally helping the junior doctors with their work. National audits indicate that Junior Doctors have an increasing workload with a lot of both clinical and administrative duties that could be undertaken by other clinical support staff.
To support the work load we are looking for established and dynamic individuals from a clinical support background to undertake these roles. Applicants should be keen, adaptable, and able to think on their feet, and possess good writing, computer and communication skills. Applicants should also be willing to accept the challenge of a new role whilst being aware of patient safety and the limits of their own competence.
The role is designed to assist Doctors with the routine aspects of their work that can be delegated, such as carrying out some clinical procedures, completing paperwork, filing results, assessing patients using pro-formas, and communicating with patients, relatives and other staff. This will allow medical staff to concentrate on more complex patient care. The role will be based on AMU ward, principally helping the junior doctors with their work. National audits indicate that Junior Doctors have an increasing workload with a lot of both clinical and administrative duties that could be undertaken by other clinical support staff.
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Fiona Holter Job title: Service Manager for Acute Medicine Email address:
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