Job summary
- Main area
- Frailty
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 37.5 hours per week (The UCR operates 7 days a week 08:00- 20:00. The post holder will be required to work within these operating hours, including sharing weekend and bank holiday cover with the other members of the team.)
- Job ref
- 151-NM239
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Frimley
- Salary
- £28,860 - £31,671 per annum incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Urgent Community Response Medical Technical Assistant (MTA)
Band 4
Job overview
Come and join our award-winning team! In June 2023, the FHFT Virtual Frailty Ward (VFW) / Urgent Community Response (UCR) team was nominated for a Parliamentary Healthcare Award and a FHFT Facing the Future Award.
We specialise in managing acute frailty crises, sepsis, and exacerbations of long-term conditions, aiming to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and promote patient choice in care delivery. Based at Frimley Park Hospital, our team operates across Surrey Heath, Northeast Hampshire, and Farnham, working within the Frimley Health and Care Integrated Board (ICB) framework.
Our team provides an innovative, responsive, and patient-centered service that delivers urgent community response and acute hospital-level treatment in patients' own homes. Our unique hybrid model ensures a rapid, two-hour response time, with referrals received directly from paramedics, GPs, NHS 111, community healthcare professionals, and hospitals. Patients are assessed, diagnosed, and treated in the comfort of their own homes.
Main duties of the job
- The UCR MTA will play a key role within the UCR team, working closely with both the medical and therapy teams to provide essential support.
- They will respond to emergency call-outs in the community, attending patients alongside either the medical and/or therapy team, depending on the patient’s needs, to ensure timely assessment and intervention.
- The MTA will perform a range of extended clinical skills, including but not limited to vital signs monitoring, cannulation, venepuncture, 12-lead ECGs, and urinary catheterization.
- They will also actively participate in the emergency response team, contributing to the delivery of high-quality urgent care.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an MTA, you will work closely with both the medical and therapy teams, providing essential support during emergency call-outs in the community.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Attending patient visits alongside medical and/or therapy professionals.
- Conducting timely patient assessments and reviews.
- Performing extended clinical skills, including vital signs monitoring, cannulation, venepuncture, 12-lead ECGs, and urinary catheterisation.
- Participating in the emergency response team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Adult and paediatric safeguarding training.
Desirable criteria
- NVQ 3.
- Care Certificate.
- Tier 1 and 2a frailty modules.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clear and accurate written and verbal & electronic communication.
- Proven ability to work within a team as well as on own initiative.
- Demonstrate ability to manage priorities under pressure.
- Proven ability to understand and comply with detailed procedures.
Desirable criteria
- Cannulation
- Midlines/Picc/powerglides
- Urinary catheterisation
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in acute hospital setting.
- Evidence of dealing with difficult situations in an appropriate manner.
Desirable criteria
- Acute/Emergency Care experience.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Pippa Douglas
- Job title
- ACP UCR
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07519514574
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