Healthcare Assistant
Shrewsbury Hospital | Nursing | Permanent contract | Full time | Includes weekend work
£25,038 per annum
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
As a HCA you will work with the Pre-Assessment Team alongside other healthcare assistants, nurses, physiotherapists, bookings co-ordinators and outpatients staff to ensure the patients journey is streamline and the care they receive is of a high standard. As the Pre-Assessment Department, we are the very beginning of the patient’s journey with Nuffield Health and we strive to provide excellent, safe and efficient care from the very start. Our specialities include Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Breast Surgery, General Surgery, Plastics Surgery, ENT, Cardiology, GP Services, Psychiatry and Physiotherapy.
Responsibilities of a Healthcare Assistant Pre-assessment
Welcome and see patients within a busy clinic setting
Undertake baseline observations, including ECG, diabetes checks and MRSA Screening, urinalysis
Safely carry out phlebotomy
Undertake administrative duties such as preparing clinic notes and patient information leaflets
When required, support the Outpatients Department.
Our Ideal Healthcare Assistant Pre-assessment will:
Have a variety of Outpatients/ Phlebotomy experience (if not currently competent, training will be given to the right candidate)
Be patient focused and able to demonstrate excellent communication skills.
Be a real team player.
Good IT skills
Have a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage a wide range of activities and changing priorities.
Have a flexible approach. A passion for development and training are also essential.
Able to work as part of a small team
Be qualified to NVQ Level 2 or 3, with relevant experience in an acute hospital or care setting.
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. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Nuffield Health Shrewsbury Hospital
Shrewsbury hospital, ranked as 'Good' in the last CQC inspection, is purpose built and well equipped with 30 en-suite bedrooms, 3 operating theatres, an endoscopy suite, an Ambulatory Care Unit, and a busy outpatients department which includes physiotherapy and diagnostic imaging. Our diagnostic provision includes X-ray, Ultrasound, MRI and CT facilities.
We offer the most up to date surgical treatments combined with a warm welcome and a professional and caring service from our matron-led nursing team. We specialise in the areas of orthopaedics, ophthalmology, cosmetic surgery, and women's health, but also undertake general surgery, urology, and interventions for chronic pain management.
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.
It starts with you.
Welcome to Nuffield Health, the UK’s leading not-for-profit healthcare organisation*.
As a not-for-profit with no shareholders, we invest all our income back into our family of award-winning 37 hospitals, 114 fitness and wellbeing clubs, healthcare clinics, over 200 workplace wellbeing services, as well as developing flagship collaborations supporting our communities – all to realise our vision to build a healthier nation.
What makes us unique is our unrivalled award winning and industry leading network of health and wellbeing services. Only Nuffield Health has the wide-ranging expertise to provide connected care. We attract some of the best people in their specialist fields, who take a personalised approach so we can provide the best possible care and support now and in the future – wherever they are on their journey. All for the public benefit. So, it’s no surprise that we’re trusted by the NHS, Private Medical Insurers, employers and the general public to provide exceptional health and wellbeing services to the nation.
We’re committed to our vision of building a healthier nation.
Welcome to Nuffield Health. Specialists in you.
* Nuffield Health is a Registered Charity. Our objective is to advance, promote and maintain health and healthcare of all descriptions and to prevent, relieve and cure sickness and ill health of any kind, all for the public benefit. Registered Charity Numbers 205533 (England and Wales) and SC041793 (Scotland).
