Bank Healthcare Assistant

Candidate Experience site; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare facility in East Midlands is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join their bank team. The role involves assisting the operating team, transporting patients and equipment, and ensuring a high standard of patient care. Ideal candidates will have experience in a clinical environment and possess strong teamwork skills. Competitive rates and flexible shifts are offered alongside additional benefits such as access to a pension scheme and discounts. This role is ideal for passionate individuals committed to healthcare excellence.

Benefits

Weekly pay

Competitive pay rates

Free uniform

Free DBS

Access to Spire Healthcare pension

Wellbeing Centre access

Qualifications

• Experience of acting under instruction.
• Experience of working as a porter or another caring role based in a clinical environment.
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI).

Responsibilities

• Assist the multi-disciplinary operating team for exemplary care.
• Escort patients between wards, departments, and theatre suite.
• Transport equipment, medical records, meals, specimens, and linen.

Skills

Team working

Caring for others

Customer facing experience

Flexible and adaptable

Moving and handling competence

Job description

Healthcare Assistant/Nottingham/Tollerton/Bank/Ad-Hoc Shifts/ Day Shifts/Early/Lates

Spire Nottingham Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join the bank team.

Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

You must be able to drive to get to this location

Duties and responsibilities

To assist the multi-disciplinary operating team to provide exemplary care by offering a timely portering service. The service will include escorting patients between ward, departments and theatre suite; Transporting equipment, medical records, meals, specimens and linen; Moving furniture.

• Routine tasks related to patient’s health and well being.
• Ideally be able to undertake venepuncture, although training can be given
• Production and communication of information and knowledge
• Contribute to own personal development.
• Assist in maintaining own and others’ health and safety and security.
• Assist in maintaining and developing services.
• Ensure own actions help to maintain quality.
• Ensure own actions support equality, diversity and rights.
• Move patients, surgical equipment and goods.
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.

Who we’re looking for

• Experience of acting under instruction.
• Working as part of a team
• Customer facing experience
• Experience of working as a porter or another caring role based in a clinical environment
• General portering abilities
• Moving and handling competence.
• Caring for others
• Team working
• Flexible and adaptable
• Initiative and ownership
• Pride and enthusiasm

Bank Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via ‘Spire for You’
• Wellbeing Centre access via ‘Spire for You’
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

Our Values

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

We commit to our employees’ well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference, it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us, it’s more than just treating patients; it’s about looking after people.