Healthcare Assistant Manchester, England
Job description
Healthcare Assistant
Location: The Christie Private Care, Manchester
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Competitive salary dependent on experience + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)
About the role:
You will be responsible for providing skilled clinical assistance to the nursing and medical teams. The successful candidate will participate in the assessment of patient care needs and implement and maintain the agreed standards of care.
Further assisting with both patient and non-patient manual handling, cleaning duties and waste disposal, re-stocking and ensuring the ward is tidy.
Duties and responsibilities:
Assisting in the provision of care to patients so as to ensure their comfort/safety needs are identified, whilst ensuring cultural and religious beliefs are taken into consideration.
Reporting to nurses any problems arising out of conversations with patients and acting as the patient advocate at all times.
Report patient’s condition when required and record observations of temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, pulse oximetry, urinalysis, blood sugars, weight and height.
Preparing dressing/procedures under the direction of the clinical team and for which instruction has been given
Assisting nursing and medical staff when required with different procedures with supervision and competency.
Skills and experience:
Minimum NVQ level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care is desirable
Experience working as a Healthcare Assistant
Good Clinical Skills like Phlebotomy will be an advantage
Experience of working with members of the public is essential
Must be able to effectively communicate in English verbally and written
About us:
HCA Healthcare UK – The World’s largest private healthcare group; providing award winning primary, acute and complex care.
HCA Healthcare UK has developed a dedicated private centre in partnership with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester. The Christie Private Care treats private patients with a full range of diagnostic, inpatient, surgical, day care and outpatient treatment all on one site.
If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly.
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