Westcall Healthcare Assistant

Westcall Healthcare Assistant Reading, England

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Full Time Reading, England 22383 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

2 Positions available
13 hours and 13.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our CQC rated ‘Outstanding’ Trust, within our Urgent Care Service.

Based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, you will be working in a passionate out of hours multi-disciplinary team made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedic Practitioners, Nurses, and Healthcare Assistants

As a Healthcare Assistant, you will welcome and book in patients arriving at the Primary Care Centre and carry out basic observations e.g., blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and urinalysis.

Shift patterns:
Saturday

  • 08:00hrs-16:00 hrs
  • 16:00hrs – 00:00hrs
Sunday
  • 08:00hrs – 13:00hrs
  • 13:00- 18:30hrs
Free parking is available on-site for our staff.

Interview to be held 13th June 2023

  • Welcome patients to the Primary Care Centre in a courteous and helpful manner trying to allay fears and anxieties that they may have.
  • Book patients onto the clinical database collecting all relevant information in timely and accurate manner
  • Be able to demonstrate independent working while working in a constantly changing environment and without direct supervision but being able to ask the team for advice when required.
  • Undertaking appropriate clinical observations/vital signs
  • Carry out administrative duties for the service as directed
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.

The trust employs almost 5,000 people over more than 100 sites and community settings across Windsor & Maidenhead, Slough, Bracknell Forest, Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire.

As an inclusive employer, we value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall 100 Top Employer. Whatever your background or individual needs, at Berkshire Healthcare you’ll be supported by friendly and professional managers to succeed.

These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
  • Caring for and about you is our top priority
  • Committed to providing good quality, safe services
  • Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.

Benefits of working for us include:
  • Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
  • 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
  • Generous NHS pension scheme – 20.68% employer contribution
  • Excellent learning and career development opportunities
  • Advanced IT enablement
  • ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
  • Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
  • Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
  • Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
  • Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
  • Previous experience of working in a healthcare environment
  • Can work under pressure and remain calm
  • Excellent communication skills
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, join us and let’s be outstanding together.

We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.

Westcall Healthcare Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk
Bracknell, United Kingdom
Julian Emms
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Hospital
Healthcare Services & Hospitals
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