Bank Healthcare Assistant Cardiac


Profession
Healthcare assistant
Deadline
18 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Bank
Posted Date
18 Jul 2026
Medical Protection — the side of locally employed doctors from £83

Job requirements

Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.

Essential

6 listed

Requirements the employer expects applicants to meet.

  • Qualifications

    NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent is essential

  • Qualifications

    Must have previous experience working as a HCA in an hospital setting ideally in Cardiac or similar

  • Qualifications

    System literacy is essential; MS Office and SAP is desirable

  • Qualifications

    Must be accurate and have a strong desire for attention to detail.

  • Qualifications

    Contract: Bank 0 hours contract, Flexible working

  • Qualifications

    Hours: Mixture of shift times as required

Desirable

Not listed in the available specification.

Bank Healthcare Assistant | Cardiac Ward | Private Hospital | Flexible Working | Southampton

We have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join our Staffing Bank. This role will support our team on the Cardiac ward at our Spire Southampton Hospital.

Spire Southampton Hospital offers world-class care, attracting patients from across the South of England and internationally. We deliver some of the best cardiac surgery results in the country. Our Critical Care department and multidisciplinary team offer you peace of mind for our wide range of treatments.

Duties and responsibilities;

To provide exemplary planned care for patients while managing more than one clinical team.

You will be required to:

  • In this fast-paced role, you will be required to assist our Clinical team in providing exemplary Care within the department, whilst providing Healthcare Assistance to our Nursing team.
  • As a HCA, duties will include routine tasks related to the delivery of care to ensure our patient’s health and well-being.
  • You will move and set up diagnostic equipment (after training) and other resources, as well as applying technology for measurement, monitoring and treatment.
  • You must have experience or a willingness to learn both Venepuncture and ECG Recording.

Who we're looking for

  • NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent is essential
  • Must have previous experience working as a HCA in an hospital setting ideally in Cardiac or similar
  • System literacy is essential; MS Office and SAP is desirable
  • Must be accurate and have a strong desire for attention to detail.

Contract: Bank 0 hours contract, Flexible working

Hours: Mixture of shift times as required

Benefits

  • Bank colleagues are paid weekly
  • Access to Spire Healthcare pension
  • Access to Blue Light Card discounts
  • Smartspending 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: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Charlotte Oliver on charlotte.oliver@spirehealthcare.com

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

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

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.

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This advert is for Bank Healthcare Assistant Cardiac with Spire Healthcare Ltd in Southampton, GB. It is listed as a Healthcare assistant role. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 18 Sep 2026.

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