Healthcare Assistant - Theatre
Brentwood Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full Time
Up to £24,531.00 per annum, dependent on experience
37.5 hours per week
Nuffield Health is the UK's largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we're committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
As a Healthcare Assistant in theatre at our hospital, you'll be highly motivated and enjoy working somewhere that's constantly and rapidly changing. You'll show real empathy and find the challenges of theatre work fascinating. As well as great communication skills, you'll bring a flexible approach to both your duties and hours. You will be qualified with an NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care, and have relevant experience in an acute hospital or care setting,
As a Healthcare Assistant in theatre, you will:
* Create a great experience for patients undergoing major and minor surgeries
* Have the time you need to care for patients as people
* Understand people's individual needs
* Play a key role in a fast-paced environment, supporting the theatre team where you will assist with moving patients, theatre preparation, family reassurance, administration tasks
* Work flexibly to support our team
The Person
To succeed as a Healthcare Assistant you will;
* Be a highly motivated individual.
* Enjoy working in places that are constantly and rapidly changing.
* Have lots of empathy for people and will find the challenges of theatre work fascinating.
* Ideally be qualified to NVQ Level 2 or 3, but that's not essential as we can provide training.
* Bring great communication skills to the role, and a flexible approach to both your duties and your hours.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what's important to you.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
If you like what you see, why not start your application now? We consider applications as we receive them and reserve the right to close adverts early (for example, where we have received an unprecedented high volume of applications). So, it's a good idea to apply right away to ensure you're considered for this role.
It starts with you.