Healthcare Assistant - Surgical Orthopaedics - Bank London, England
Job description
Healthcare Assistant – Surgical Orthopaedics Ward (Bank Shifts)
Cromwell Hospital, Kensington, SW5 0TU
Rate: £16.21per hour
Bank Shifts, Long Days/Nights
Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.
At the Cromwell Hospital you can be the Healthcare Assistant you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority. Building a career in as a Health Care Assistant has never been easier, with good hours, you can live a balanced, healthy lifestyle.
Role Overview:
We are recruiting for a Healthcare Assistant to work on our Surgical Orthopaedic Ward to be based at the prestigious Cromwell Hospital. This hospital receives both UK and international patients and is committed to providing the highest quality healthcare for patients.
What you’ll do
As a Health Care Assistant, you will provide a holistic care to surgical patients pre / post-surgery in a 1:4 nurse to patient ratio ward. You will work closely with the ward nurses and be a patient advocate helping to deliver exceptional care. You will also:
- Welcome and receive patients, visitors and colleagues to the unit.
- Accompany patients (including their friends and relatives) between departments.
- Assist patients with eating, drinking, patient hygiene and elimination procedures.
- Assist with observation and collection of specimens.
- Participate in clinical audit
- Have an understanding of cultural needs.
What you’ll bring
- Experience on a ward or outpatient setting
- NVQ Level 2 (Direct Patient Care) or equivalent - Essential
- NVQ Level 3 (Direct Patient Care) - Desirable
- Good communicator/interpersonal skills.
Why Bupa?
We'll support you! It’s a rewarding role, you’ll be able to see first-hand how patients benefit from your care. In this department, you’ll have a support network around you, giving you the time to dedicate to each patient.
We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.
These benefits have been carefully crafted to really make a difference to our people’s lives, supporting a work-life balance whilst keeping focus on mental and physical wellbeing:
- Weekly pay for bank shifts
- Shift enhancements for nights and weekend working
- A friendly supportive working culture with established Nursing teams
- Opportunity to work within the renowned Cromwell hospital and our top consultants
- Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop
- Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme
Diversity and Inclusion
Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa.
We’ll make sure you are treated fairly regardless of disability or circumstance. That’s why we’re happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Whether you’ve found your feet or are discovering a new path.
Welcome to a place that celebrates you.
This isn’t where you've been.
This is where you're going.
This is what we have belief in.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact [email protected] / 07568 606316.
Time Type:
Full time
