Job summary
Pre-Operative Healthcare Assistant | Private Hospital | Competitive Salary | Full-Time | Wirral Spire Murrayfield, Wirral is looking for a highly motivated Healthcare Assistant to join Pre-Operative Assessment Team.
Main duties of the job
Assisting the Pre-Assessment team in the provision of exemplary patient careContributing to the support and monitoring of patientsIdentifying and reporting any significant changes that might affect the patient's health and well-being to the appropriate person.Assisting with the movement of patients in line with hospital policies
About us
At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We're committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated 'Good' or 'Outstanding' by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Pre-Operative Healthcare Assistant | Private Hospital |Competitive Salary | Full-Time | Wirral
Spire Murrayfield, Wirral is looking for a highly motivated Healthcare Assistant to join Pre-Operative Assessment Team.
Spire Murrayfield Hospital offer a comprehensive range of medical and surgical treatments to patients from Merseyside. We pride ourselves on patient care with clinical excellence at the heart of what we do.
Our vision is to be recognised as an excellent healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.
Duties and responsibilities
1. Assisting the Pre-Assessmentteam in the provision of exemplary patient care
2. Contributing to the support and monitoring of patients
3. Identifying and reporting any significant changes that might affect the patients health and well-being to the appropriate person.
4. Assisting with the movement of patients in line with hospital policies
Who we're looking for:
5. Ideally you will have previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a clinical environment, but support and training can be provided.
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
7. NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential.
8. Experience in the following: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations, is desirable but not essential.
Benefits
We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
9. 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
10. Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
11. Spire for you reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
12. Free Bupa wellness screening
13. Private medical insurance
14. Life assurance
Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
15. Driving clinical excellence
16. Doing the right thing
17. Caring is our passion
18. Keeping it simple
19. Delivering on our promises
20. Succeeding and celebrating together
Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.
Closing Date: If we have received sufficient applications, this date may be brought forward so please submit your application as soon as possible.
For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contactAlishia Okereafor via
For us,it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
21. NVQ Level 2 or 3 is desirable
Desirable
22. NVQ Level 2 or 3 is desirable
Experience
Essential
23. Ideally you will have previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a clinical environment, but support and training can be provided.
24. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
Desirable
25. NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential.
26. Experience in the following: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations, is desirable but not essential.