Healthcare Assistant - Outpatients & Pre Assessment (Bank)
Plymouth | Hospital | Bank Contract - Ad hoc
£12.33 per hour
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. We’re passionate about putting patients first. We’re looking for someone who shares this passion to join our Outpatients/pre-assessment team. Working across various cases and supporting a wide range of specialties, you’ll have the opportunity to broaden your skills.
As a Healthcare Assistant in Outpatients/pre-assessment at our Plymouth hospital, you should have relevant experience, keen attention to detail, and a flexible approach. Patience, focus, and excellent communication skills are essential. Being a team player with diligence, IT literacy, and a passion for development and training will help you succeed.
If you are qualified to NVQ Level 2 or 3, with relevant experience in an acute hospital or care setting, that’s an advantage.
Responsibilities include:
* Assisting colleagues in Orthopaedics, Gynaecology, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, ENT, Cardiology, GP Services, Ophthalmics & Dermatology.
* Providing more time to care for patients as individuals.
* Managing a wide range of activities and adapting to changing priorities.
* Ensuring smooth daily operations of various clinics.
* Assisting consultants and nurses with procedures such as dressings and wound care.
* Carrying out pre-assessment tasks to prepare patients for planned surgeries, both face-to-face and over the phone.
Benefits:
We want you to enjoy coming to work, feeling healthy, happy, and valued. Our benefits package includes holiday entitlement in line with the Working Time Directive, access to our pension scheme, and discounted gym membership at £25.00 a month.
Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but work on an ad-hoc basis according to the needs of the business and your availability.
About Nuffield Health Plymouth Hospital:
Located next to the Nuffield Health Devonshire Gym in Derriford, Plymouth, our hospital has been part of the community since 1971. We feature 3 main theatres (2 laminar flow and 1 digital), a fully JAG-accredited endoscopy suite, a 35-bed ward, and 12 outpatient consulting rooms. We offer treatments across various specialties, including Orthopaedics, Plastic Surgery, and Neurosurgery. We are proud to have been rated in the top 50 hospitals in the country for total hip replacement patient outcomes.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If this role interests you, apply now. We review applications as received and may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications. Apply promptly to be considered.
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