Health Care Assistant - Fixed Term

Whittington Health; London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Whittington Health is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the Outpatient Department in London. This entry-level position requires excellent communication and interpersonal skills along with the ability to work effectively in a team. The successful candidate will assist in various clinics, maintain a safe environment, and support the healthcare team. Benefits include working in a diverse environment focused on equal access and support for all staff.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as a member of the team, self-motivated.
• Flexibility, hardworking, and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support the outpatient department with various clinics.
• Assist in maintaining a clean environment and ensure safety.
• Complete documentation accurately and report issues.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Self-Motivation

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Assistant to join the Outpatient Department . You will be working in the department supporting the team with various clinics across different specialities including orthopaedic, gastro, breast, medical specialities and urology.

You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills / Ability to work as a member of the team / be self-motivated and able to work under own initiative. The successful applicant will be joining a team of dedicated skilled staff, which include nurses, healthcare assistants, nurse associates and doctors. We are looking for enthusiasm, motivation, flexibility, hardworking and positive thinking.

• Communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with the multi-disciplinary team, patients, and their families/visitors/carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication.
• Respond appropriately to queries, take phone messages, and pass on written and verbal information to patients.
• Provide relevant information to patients/families/visitors/carers and colleagues.
• Complete documentation accurately and contribute to reports of patient’s activity and progress.
• Report any issues at work that may put health, safety, and security of staff, patients and visitors at risk
• Assist in maintaining a clean environment that is conducive to safe practice.
• Report any accidents to the nurse in charge and complete Datix as appropriate.
• Maintain adequate levels of stock, equipment and materials and facilitate the efficient, effective use of resources.
  
  

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Eugenie Masasa Job title: Deputy Sister Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07834434913

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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