Healthcare Assistant - Wards 25 hours

Spire Healthcare · St Albans, England, United Kingdom

FULL TIME

Job Description

Healthcare Assistant | Harpenden | Wards | 25 hours per week | Required to workdays/Nights/Weekends

Spire Harpenden Hospital has an exciting opportunity for Healthcare Assistant to join their ward department on a part time contract (25 hours per week). The successful applicant will work in a team that provides high quality evidence-based nursing care in a surgical settings to facilitate smooth and efficient patient pathways.

Duties and responsibilities

To assist the qualified nursing staff, under their supervision, in providing a high quality, comprehensive nursing service to all patients and users, ensuring a high standard of a patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment.

Contributing to the support and monitoring of patients

Identifying and reporting any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and well-being to the appropriate person

Who we are looking for

Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a hospital environment

Theatre/minor ops experience

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Experience in: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations (Desirable)

Good team work ethic

Enthusiastic and energetic professional

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care /Care Certificate / NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential

Shifts –

Long days & Nights You must be able to work any shifts Monday to Sunday

Benefits

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to

35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays

Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options

‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers

Free Bupa wellness screening

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

We commit to our employees 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.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

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