Healthcare Assistant - Emergency Department - Hinchingbrooke Huntingdon, England
Job description
An exciting opportunity has opened up for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our team in our Emergency Department.
We want to hear from motivated and hard working individuals looking for a new challenge!
Healthcare Assistants are a vital part of our team and will work in all areas from minors to resus and paediatrics. We have a variety of in-house training courses to support your development, including basic and advanced plastering, wound care and venepuncture and cannulation. Any pre-existing knowledge of these would be advantageous.
If you work well under pressure, have a can-do attitude and want to work in a dynamic environment we want to hear from you.
**This post will be capped at 30 applicants and may close at any time**
To assist qualified nursing staff in providing a high standard of nursing care within the Emergency Department (ED).
We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.
We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.
Benefits to you
27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
NHS Pension Scheme:
Flexible working opportunities;
Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
Career development and training;
Wellbeing support and activities;
In-house physiotherapy Service;
On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
Subsidised staff parking (currently free).
Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
To provide high quality care to patients and their families within the Emergency Department setting.
To work effectively alongside the multi-disciplinary team.
Please see the job description and personal specification for further information.
