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Job summary
Bank Healthcare Assistant | Pre-Assessment | St Anthony's Hospital | Private Hospital | Flexible Working | Sutton
Spire St Anthony's Hospital has an exciting bank opportunity for a healthcare assistant to work in the pre-assessment department on a flexible working basis.
Main duties of the job
Duties and responsibilities:
- Assist the qualified nursing staff, under their supervision, in providing a high quality, comprehensive service to all patients and users, ensuring a high standard of a patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment
- Correctly undertakes assessment tasks that have been delegated in relation to the specific individual as agreed with the care team.
- Receive, transmit, store and retrieve information Undertake basic observations of patients' vital signs.
- Records information related to designated tasks accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the team on time.
- Identifies and reports any significant changes that might affect the individual's health and well being to the appropriate person.
Job description
Bank Healthcare Assistant | Pre-Assessment | St Anthony's Hospital | Private Hospital | Flexible Working | Sutton
Spire St Anthony's Hospital has an exciting bank opportunity for a healthcare assistant to work in the pre-assessment department on a flexible working basis.
The successful applicant will work in a team that provides high-quality evidence-based nursing care in clinic settings to facilitate smooth and efficient patient pathways.
Spire St Anthony's Hospital, founded in 1904, delivers care through skilled and dedicated staff working together. With a completed £27m development investment, we provide very high quality healthcare to patients around Sutton, Epsom, Surrey and South London.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Assist the qualified nursing staff, under their supervision, in providing a high quality, comprehensive service to all patients and users, ensuring a high standard of a patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment.
- Correctly undertakes assessment tasks that have been delegated in relation to the specific individual as agreed with the care team. - Receive, transmit, store and retrieve information.
- Undertake basic observations of patients' vital signs
- Records information related to designated tasks accurately and passes it on to the relevant person in the team on time.
- Identifies and reports any significant changes that might affect the individual's health and well being to the appropriate person.
Who we're looking for:
- Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a clinical environment
- Experience ideally within POA, will consider Hospital experience.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential
- NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential
- Experience in the following: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations is essential
Benefits:
- Bank colleagues are paid weekly
- We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- Free uniform
- Free DBS
- Full induction, including mandatory training updates
- Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
- Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
- Driving clinical excellence
- Doing the right thing
- Caring is our passion
- Keeping it simple
- Delivering on our promises
- Succeeding and celebrating together
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation: Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
We commit to our employee's well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
"Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services."
For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.
About us
"Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services."