Spire Healthcare
Healthcare Assistant - Wards
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Bank Healthcare Assistant | Harpenden | Wards | 25 hours per week | Required to work days/Nights/Weekends
Spire Harpenden Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a 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 setting 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 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.
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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 teamwork 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.
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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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