Nuffield Health
Healthcare Assistant (Bank)
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Healthcare Assistant – Outpatients Bournemouth Hospital
Nursing | Bank | Part Time | Up to £15 per hour depending on experience
Range of shifts covering Monday to Friday 8am to 9pm, Saturdays 8am to 4pm
About the Role
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. We’re passionate about putting patients first. And we’re looking for someone who feels the same to join our forward-thinking Outpatients team.
Working across a variety of cases and supporting a wide range of specialties, you’re sure to broaden your skills. As a Healthcare Assistant in Outpatients at our Bournemouth Hospital, you’ll bring relevant experience, a keen eye for detail and a flexible approach. You demonstrate patience, focus and excellent communication skills. A real team player, you have the diligence, IT literacy and passion for development and training to make a difference.
This role will be based primarily in Outpatients. Duties include phlebotomy, specimen taking, ECG, basic clinical observations, chaperoning and assisting in clinics and minor procedures. This will be combined with collecting medical records and preparing paperwork for patient's admission and supporting other members of the team.
Responsibilities
The successful candidates will have at least NVQ 2 or 3, and will have experience of working in an acute hospital setting. They will be able to work independently, have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be IT literate. Phlebotomy experience would be an advantage although is not essential as training can be given to the right person.
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As a Healthcare Assistant in Outpatients, you will:
- Assist colleagues in Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Neurosurgery, Plastics Surgery, ENT, Cardiology, GP Services, Psychiatry and Physiotherapy
- Enjoy more time to care for patients as individuals
- Manage a wide range of activities and changing priorities
- Make sure the day-to-day operations of our various clinics run smoothly
- Assist consultants and nurses with procedures, such as dressings and wound care
- Carry out pre-assessment, both face-to-face and over the phone
Benefits
Helping you feel good. We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. From Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive, Access to our Pension Scheme and discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month.
Working on the Bank
Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.
About Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital
At Nuffield Health Bournemouth Hospital we aim to provide the highest level of private healthcare, offering a wide range of first-class medical and surgical services. We also attract many of Dorset's leading consultant surgeons and physicians.
Our hospital is conveniently located close to Bournemouth's town centre on Lansdowne Road. We offer the very latest medical facilities and technology, including state of the art diagnostic equipment. We have a special focus in the areas of orthopaedics, cosmetic surgery, diagnostic scanning, and men's/women's health.
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Founded in 1957, Nuffield Hospital Bournemouth is an exceptionally caring environment with 41 beds, 3 theatres, an endoscopy room and 2 treatment rooms. Our service provision is varied, covering everything from outpatients and minor procedures through to major surgical specialties. We’re located near the centre of town, just a short walk from the Travel Interchange.
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Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today. If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it’s a good idea to apply right away to ensure you’re considered for this role.
About Nuffield Health
Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services.
As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.
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