Healthcare Assistant Havant Clinical Full time Permanent
🌟 Healthcare Assistant - Join Our Renal Care Team! 🌟
🩺 Are you passionate about enhancing the quality of life for renal dialysis patients? Join our team and make a meaningful impact on our patients' lives! ✨
As a Healthcare Assistant at our Havant clinic, you will play a vital role in providing exceptional patient care following Diaverum procedures, ultimately improving our patients' quality of life. We're committed to your professional growth and will provide comprehensive training, including on-the-job training, e-learning, and access to our in-house education program, 'd Academy.' 📚💙
Your Responsibilities:
Working under the supervision of a registered nurse, your duties will include, but are not limited to:
• Maintaining clean equipment following proper training.
• Preparing supplies and packs for treatment.
• Conducting health checks with patients before and after dialysis.
• Escorting patients to clinical and waiting areas.
• Serving refreshments during treatments.
Our Requirements:
• Must be educated to GCSE level or equivalent.
• Minimum NVQ level 2 in Health; Social Care or equivalent (preferably working towards level 3).
• Ideally, previous experience in a hospital and healthcare setting.
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• A positive and dynamic approach to delivering safe and effective care.
• Excellent communication skills (oral + written) with fluency in English.
What We Offer:
• Full-time position, 37.5 hours per week.
• Monday to Saturday, with shift hours from 6:30am to 11:30pm (please note there are no nights or Sunday working).
• Competitive Salary of up to £23,532 depending on experience
• Overtime paid at time and a half after completing full-time hours (150 hours every 4 weeks).
• Paid breaks.
• Opportunities for internal development and career progression, including relevant study.
• 35 Days Holiday (inclusive of 8 days bank holiday) increasing with service.
• Enjoy holidays on Christmas and New Year's Day.
• Free Uniform (*3), Tea & Coffee, Flu Vaccine, and Christmas Meal.
• Life Assurance, Peppy, WeCare, Company Pension.
• Referral scheme paying up to £500.
Why Choose Diaverum? 🚀
We're committed to nurturing your career and providing top-tier training. Our comprehensive professional training program, including on-the-job training and access to our in-house education program 'd Academy,' sets you up for success and growth throughout your career at Diaverum.
Patient-Centred Care 💖
Our exceptional nurse-to-patient ratio ensures you have ample time to provide holistic care to your patients. Our clinic offers you the flexibility and work-life balance you've been searching for.
COME GROW WITH US! 🌱
Please note that for this role, you must be able to work clinically in a renal setting. We encourage you to apply today, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early due to a high volume of applications. Join our team and embark on a rewarding career in renal care. Be part of a healthcare community dedicated to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
You must be able to work clinically in a renal setting. All positions at Diaverum are subject to a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check as part of our recruitment process.
Diaverum - Where Caring Meets Excellence in Renal Care. 🌟
Who We Are
WHO WE ARE: Diaverum’s mission is to improve the quality of life for renal patients and we achieve this through our values of being competent, passionate and inspiring.
Being one of the world’s leading renal care providers. Diaverum have over 35 nurse led kidney treatment centres in the UK offering haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, home therapies, shared haemodialysis care and more. Our nurses are proud to work closely with NHS teams across the country to deliver quality treatments and holistic care to our patients with chronic kidney failure and other comorbidities.
Diaverum offer a fantastic training platform to enable nurses to deliver excellent quality care and develop their career within the renal speciality. Nurses new to Diaverum will undergo a comprehensive induction period where they will be trained to deliver the care required with in the clinic. You will be supported by a senior team structure to prioritise nurse development and wellbeing.
Our nurse to patient ratio is 1:4 giving you the required time to care for your patients holistically. Our nurses work a range of shifts including earlies, lates, and long days between Monday to Saturday (No Sundays) allowing for a flexible working pattern.
We focus solely on caring for the individual needs of our patients and take pride in being an equal opportunities employer to achieve this. We are proud to be the leading independent renal service provider in the UK. We operate in 24 countries globally, with opportunities for our team to move between clinics and even countries.
Come join us.
Salary £22,308 - £23,532 Hours 37.5 hrs pw Benefits Competitive