Bank Healthcare Assistant - Ward

Bank Healthcare Assistant | Surgical ward| Bank- Flexible Working| Dunedin, Reading

Spire Dunedin Hospital has an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the staffing bank as a Healthcare Assistant. This role forms an intrinsic part of our clinical team, working alongside our nursing staff in the surgical ward

Spire Dunedin Hospital has been serving the Reading community for over 100 years, as a first-class medical facility. Based in the heart of Reading, the hospital has two theatres, 16 inpatient beds, three recovery bays, Oncology services and an Endoscopy Suite.

Duties and responsibilities:

•    Assisting the team on the surgical ward 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
•    Experience in: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations
•    It would be advantageous to hold an NVQ Level 3

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

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

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