Healthcare Assistant - Reading Reading, England
Job description
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Days: Monday to Sunday (covering up to 5 days per week)
Hours: 40 hours per week (including travel time). Approx. 10+ hour shift.
Locations include: Reading, Frimley, Slough and Wexham
Salary: £24,000.00 + 0.45 per mile
Full Valid UK driving licence and access to a car is required for his role.
We are not offering Visa Sponsorships for the role
We are unable to provide sponsorship for Visa's at this time
HealthHarmonie Ltd is a fast-paced, growing organisation that operates from various locations across England. Established in 2003, the company has grown with the ever-changing healthcare industry and developed its presence across the UK. We work in partnership with several NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups nationwide to provide patients with access to community services closer to their homes.
By joining the HealthHarmonie family you will be a part of the fundamental infrastructure needed to deliver excellent patient care across the UK. Whether this is joining us in a clinical role or an administration role your presence in HealthHarmonie is vital. All our roles require you to have an innovative thought process, a willingness to learn new skills and the want to oversee your own career by taking ownership of the role you are completing.
Benefits
- Ongoing Support and Training -
- Excellent Career Progressions – with many members of our management team having been promoted from within the company
- Quarterly bonus of £250
- Claim 0.45 per mile
- 20 days Annual Leave + 1 additional day per year of service
- Travel time included in contracted hours
- Pension Scheme
- NHS Employee Discounts
- Flexible working
- Uniform Supplied
- Overnight accommodation available and £25 allowance per night – For distance locations
Role & Responsibilities
For all of the roles and responsibilities below no experience is necessary training will be provided.
As a Healthcare Assistant you will:
- Set up the up-consultation rooms for the clinician with eye drops / stock/equipment/laptop ready to start the clinic.
- Ensure infection control measures (hand sanitizing) are in place when patients attend their appointment.
- Complete all Covid-19 screening questions and any other relevant ID checks.
- Conduct eye examinations such OCTs and visual fields.
- Escort patient to the onsite clinician for further consultation / additional testing’s.
- Dispose of any clinical waste as per sites policies.
- Ensure all reports are completed along with outcomes and provide any additional support related to admin.
- General housekeeping of rooms used.
- Take laptop and Pachymeter and paperwork to be archived back to the office at the end of the day.
** Please note that as we run a 7-day service you will be required to work 5 out of 7 days. Shift patterns are generally between 07:00/ 07:30 - 17:30/18:00. Some of locations will include Landmark (RG2 6UU), West Berkshire Community Hospital (RG18 3AS) & Woosehill Medical Practice (RG41 3DR). One of the above locations will be your main base.
Training and Development
You will be enrolled on our 2-week comprehensive training course from day 1 of your employment, which will equip you with all the skills and knowledge you require to fulfil your duties as a Healthcare Assistant.
Some of the modules you will cover are:
- Safeguarding Adults
- Safeguarding Children
- Basic Life Support
- Infection Control
- Information Governance
- Mental Capacity Act
- Equability and Diversity
- Prevent
- Domestic Violence
- COVID-19
- DON & DOFF PPE
About you
Patient safety and satisfaction is at the core of everything we do, therefore our ideal candidate should embrace our core values by being compassionate, motivated, attentive, and displaying a high degree of integrity and a sense of excellence.
While previous experience in administration would be preferable, we would welcome your application and invest in your training, if you can show a great passion for providing high-quality care and take pride in your work.
Expectations
The successful Healthcare Assistant will have the potential to make a real impact in our business, help our patients and embark on a fantastic career. However, before you can start this new, exciting adventure within the company we will need to ensure that you are legally eligible to work with us. This means that your role will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the provision of your right to work documentation at the interview stage.
Your training will involve a corporate induction on your first day and then shadowing an experienced team member, which will provide you with the skills and knowledge to be successful in the role. This training is a vital part to the start of your career with us, you will need to commit to full attendance during this time.
Diversity
HealthHarmonie prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from qualified candidates from a wide array of backgrounds, we know that it is the differences in our people that make our company a better and more welcoming place to work.
