# Pre Assessment Healthcare Assistant

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Salary:** Depends on experience
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-16T13:19:56.694Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/B0263-26-0263?employerCode=B0263
- **Application URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/application/B0263-26-0263/pre-application-questions-pause?referrer=jobadvert&ref=B0263-26-0263

## Job Content

### Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate PreAssessment Healthcare Assistant (Band 3) to join our dynamic PreAssessment Unit. This is a key frontline role supporting patients through their preoperative journey, ensuring they receive safe, efficient, and highquality care before surgery.

### Main duties of the job

You will play an essential part in running our onestop clinics, carrying out clinical investigations, coordinating patient tests, and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HCA with strong clinical skills who thrives in a fastpaced, patientcentred environment.

### About us

Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.

### Details

- Date posted: 16 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: Depending on experience
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: B0263-26-0263
- Job locations: 60 Grove End Road, St John’s Wood, London, NW8 9NH, United Kingdom

### Job responsibilities

- Clinical investigations including ECGs, phlebotomy, swabs, and baseline observations.
- Running onestop preassessment clinics autonomously.
- Coordinating home test kits and guiding patients through required swabs.
- Managing external test results and uploading to Lifebox/iPMS.
- Ensuring equipment safety through daily checks and cleaning.
- Providing patient support with empathy, reassurance, and clear communication.
- Maintaining accurate records and ensuring confidentiality at all times.
- Upholding infection prevention standards and hospital policies.
- Participating in audits and contributing to continuous improvement.
- Representing the department in relevant hospital committees when required.

## Job Details

We are seeking a motivated and compassionate PreAssessment Healthcare Assistant (Band 3) to join our dynamic PreAssessment Unit. This is a key frontline role supporting patients through their preoperative journey, ensuring they receive safe, efficient, and highquality care before surgery.

## Job Description

You will play an essential part in running our onestop clinics, carrying out clinical investigations, coordinating patient tests, and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HCA with strong clinical skills who thrives in a fastpaced, patientcentred environment.

## Responsibilities

Clinical investigations including ECGs, phlebotomy, swabs, and baseline observations.

Running onestop preassessment clinics autonomously.

Coordinating home test kits and guiding patients through required swabs.

Managing external test results and uploading to Lifebox/iPMS.

Ensuring equipment safety through daily checks and cleaning.

Providing patient support with empathy, reassurance, and clear communication.

Maintaining accurate records and ensuring confidentiality at all times.

Upholding infection prevention standards and hospital policies.

Participating in audits and contributing to continuous improvement.

Representing the department in relevant hospital committees when required.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experienced in clinical environments, particularly with preoperative investigations.
- Competent in ECGs, phlebotomy, and swabbing.
- Able to work independently and manage a busy workload.
- An excellent communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
- Computer literate (Word, Outlook, EPOA, Lifebox, iPMS).
- Flexible and willing to work internal rotation including weekends.
- Motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to delivering outstanding patient care

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