Senior Healthcare Assistant

Overview

Senior Healthcare Assistant - Wellesley/Southend Wards, Part Time 22 hrs per week. Spire Wellesley Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join the team on a part-time basis.

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. Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

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 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.

Job description / responsibilities

Duties and responsibilities include the items listed above and any other reasonable duties as required by the ward or hospital management.

Person Specification Qualifications

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

Experience

• Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a hospital environment.
• Theatre/minor ops experience is desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in ECGs, taking blood pressures and patient observations (Desirable).
• Good team work ethic.
• Enthusiastic and energetic professional.

Benefits

• 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

Other information

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date.

Disclosures

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.