Healthcare Assistant - Theatres
HCA | Theatres | Full time | Hartswood | Brentwood | Band 2 equivalent
Spire Hartswood Hospital in Brentwood are looking to recruit a Healthcare Assistant to join our fantastic Theatre team on a full time basis. You will work as part of our theatre team you will be providing a caring support service to our patients. This will include assisting the Nurses during procedures, transporting patients to and from the ward and opening sterile packs. You will ensure instruments are prepared and ready before procedures and assist with the cleanliness and maintenance of the theatres.
Spire Hartswood is a 50 bedded acute hospital situated in Essex. The hospital offers a range of services and facilities including four operating theatres, a sterile services department, a dedicated endoscopy suite, and a diagnostic and imaging department with an MRI and CT scanner. There are outpatient and physiotherapy departments providing services six days a week.
Duties and responsibilities:
Working as part of our theatre team you will be providing a caring support service to our patients. This will include assisting the Nurses during procedures, transporting patients to and from the ward and opening sterile packs. You will ensure instruments are prepared and ready before procedures and assist with the cleanliness and maintenance of the theatres.
Who we're looking for:
• Ideally you will have worked as a HCA in theatres
• Health care qualification is desirable
• Someone who excels in working as part of a great team
• The flexibility to work a range of shifts on our rota
• Someone who is keen to learn and develop as genuine career progression is available
Benefits:
We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:
35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
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Private medical insurance
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