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Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a hospital environment
- Qualifications
Theatre/minor ops experience
- Qualifications
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Qualifications
Experience in: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations (Desirable)
- Qualifications
Good team work ethic
- Qualifications
Enthusiastic and energetic professional
- Qualifications
NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care /Care Certificate / NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential
- Qualifications
Flexible to be able to work a mixture of days/night shifts
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Bank Healthcare Assistant | Cambridge | Wards | Days/Weekends Required
Are you a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant looking for flexibility and variety in your role? Join our friendly and supportive team in Cambridge and play a vital role in delivering outstanding patient care.
This is a bank role working on an “as and when required” basis, you will be required to supplement staffing levels during busy periods and provide cover for existing staff in times of annual leave /sickness and busy periods of the year.
Duties and responsibilities:
- To assist the qualified nursing staff, under their supervision, in providing a high quality, comprehensive nursing service to all patients and users, ensuring a high standard of a patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment.
- 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
Shifts Available – Long days Monday to Sunday
Who we are looking for:
- Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a hospital environment
- Theatre/minor ops experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations (Desirable)
- Good team work ethic
- Enthusiastic and energetic professional
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care /Care Certificate / NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential
- Flexible to be able to work a mixture of days/night shifts
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
- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
- Access to Spire Healthcare pension
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- 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 commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.
“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.
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This advert is for Bank Healthcare Assistant - Wards with Spire Healthcare Ltd in Cambridge. It is listed as a Healthcare assistant role. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 02 Oct 2026.
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