Job overview
Have you considered nursing in Outpatients as a Healthcare Assistant? If yes, we have full and part time vacant position(s) that may give you the opportunity to develop new skills and support your work/life balance.
The medical and Surgical Outpatient team have the following vacancies:
Post 1 and 2 - 37.5 hours per week over 4 long days 8-6pm
Post 3 - 34 hours per week over 4 days 8-5.30 or to 6pm
The Main Outpatient Team would welcome applications from Healthcare Assistants who enjoy working independently and working within a team, in being instrumental in providing patient focused care. The role is located in our main outpatient department as well as supporting consultant led activity in the Breast Care Unit and Clarendon Suite where we support elderly medicine clinics.
The successful candidates will join a well-established team and will need to be flexible and adaptable, a good team player with the ability to work well on their own initiative as well as willing to take on a variety of duties whilst having the ability to maintain attention to detail.
We ask that the candidate applying for this post have a current NHS Care Certificate and a Health and Social Care Qualification at Level 3 with current secondary care experience.
We strongly suggest you arrange an informal visit to meet the team and gain a full understanding of the role.
Please Note: Unfortunately, we cannot accept those who need sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
Highlighted below are some of the nursing skills needed for a fast-paced working area such as Outpatients:
- The ability to work both independently and as part of the wider Multidisciplinary Team
- Supporting and assisting your consultant colleagues in the smooth running of their clinics.
- Acting as a chaperone.
- Being able to undertake baseline measurements; BMI, blood pressures, blood sugar monitoring, ECG’s, Urinalysis and after training spirometry, FeNO, venepuncture and/or cannulation.
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
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This advert is for Band 3 Health Care Assistants Medical and Surgical Outpatients with Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust in Salisbury, South West, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata if part time. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 21 Jun 2026.
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