Bank Healthcare Assistant

Bank Healthcare Assistant | Wards | Wellesley | Ad hoc day and night shifts | Flexible contract

Spire Wellesley Hospital is recruiting a Healthcare Assistant to join our Surgical ward on a bank contract You will join a warm, friendly and supportive team working adhoc shifts offered days and nights

A Bank contract at Spire Healthcare is a flexible employment agreement where you are not committed to a set number of hours per week. Instead, you work on an ad-hoc basis, filling in shifts that we have available in our hospital. A Bank contract is ideal for individuals seeking flexibility, as it allows you to choose shifts that fit your availability, leaving you with a greater work-life balance. Bank contracts are also a fantastic way to secure additional income alongside other contracted work.

The Wellesley has 3 Theatres (2 laminar flow) and an endoscopy unit, a 33 bedded Surgical Ward covering a wide variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Bariatrics, General Surgery, Vascular, Plastics, Gynae, Ophthalmology, Spinal, Urology and ENT. We have had a recent Theatre refurbishment to further upgrade our theatre environment and bringing cutting edge technology to our hospital.

Duties and responsibilities

• Assisting the Outpatients/Pre-Assessment & Wards team in the provision of exemplary patient care
• 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.
• Assisting with the movement of patients in line with hospital policies

Who we're looking for

• Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a clinical environment
• 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.

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
• Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smart spending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You'
• 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
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

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 commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

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.

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.