Healthcare Assistant - Pre Assessment
Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital | Nursing | Bank Contract - Ad hoc
£12.33 per hour
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. We’re passionate about putting patients first. And we’re looking for someone who feels the same to join our forward-thinking Outpatients team. Working across a variety of cases and supporting a wide range of specialities, you’re sure to broaden your skills.
As a Healthcare Assistant in Pre Assessment at our Ipswich Hospital, you’ll bring relevant experience, a keen eye for detail and a flexible approach. You demonstrate patience, focus and excellent communication skills. A real team player, you have the diligence, IT literacy and passion for development and training to make a difference.
you need to have NVQ Level 2 or 3, with relevant experience in an acute hospital or care setting,
Our opening hours are Monday to Friday 8.00-20.00 and Saturday 8.00-14.00.
As a Healthcare Assistant, you will:
1. Perform routine patient observations including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, oxygen saturation, height and weight.
2. Carry out phlebotomy in accordance with trust policies and infection prevention standards
3. Perform and record 12-lead ECGs accurately, ensuring timely upload to patient records.
4. Accurately record all findings in electronic patient systems.
5. Recognize and promptly report abnormal results or patient concerns to the nurse in charge.
6. Provide reassurance and clear communication to patients throughout the pre-assessment process
7. Maintain clinical areas, ensuring they are clean, well-stocked and prepared for each session
8. Comply with infection prevention and control guidelines at all times
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. This includes holiday in line with the working time directive, access to our pension scheme and discounted gym membership at £25.00 a month.
Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital
Set in over 19 acres of private woodland, Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital is a haven of tranquility and repose. Only private patients are treated at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital, making us the only purely private hospital in East Anglia and the first within the Nuffield Health Hospitals group. We are currently registered with the Care Quality Commission for 60 beds, with areas of specialty in cataract, cosmetic, gynaecology, imaging & radiology, orthopaedics and urology & men's health Ipswich has a CQC (Care Quality Commission) rating of good.
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.
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