Bank Healthcare Assistant - POA

Bank Healthcare Assistant | Pre - Assessment | Harpenden | Weekdays only

Spire Harpenden Hospital is recruiting a Healthcare Assistant to join the Pre Operative Assessment department on a bank contract You will join a warm, friendly and supportive team working adhoc shifts across Monday-Friday 8am-6pm.

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.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting nurses with comprehensive pre-operative assessments.
• As a HCA, duties will include routine tasks related to the delivery of care to ensure our patient’s health and well-being.
• Updating patient records accurately.
• Ensuring medical questionnaires and documentation are completed.
• Booking appointments or coordinating further tests when required.
• Maintaining confidentiality and following data protection procedures.
• Supporting patients who may be anxious about surgery.

Who we're looking for:

• Previous experience working within a clinical setting (hospital/GP surgery) is essential
• As a HCA, you will be fundamental in providing Healthcare Support to our Clinical Team to ensure patients receive the best possible personal care.
• System literacy is essential
• Must be accurate and have a strong desire for attention to detail
• Assisting nurses with comprehensive pre-operative assessments.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Basic clinical skills and knowledge of patient care.
• Understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding.

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.