Healthcare Assistant (Bank)

Nuffield Health; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday leave

Pension scheme

Discounted gym membership

Job summary

Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital is seeking a part-time Healthcare Assistant to work on the ward at Ipswich Hospital, covering nights and weekends on a bank basis.

You’ll support the team with patient care, undertake administrative tasks, and use your communication and ICT skills to help deliver the highest standards of care. NVQ Level 2 or 3 is advantageous; experience in an acute hospital or care setting is welcome.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 or 3 preferred or qualified
• Experience in an acute hospital or care setting valued
• Good telephone manner and computer/database skills essential

Responsibilities

• Put patient care first
• Carry out administrative duties
• Enjoy time to get to know the people who are our patients
• Meet the needs of every individual
• Use your organisational skills to make a positive impact

Skills

Telephone manner

Computer skills

Database skills

Education

NVQ Level 2/3

Job description

Healthcare Assistant – Ward Ipswich Hospital | Ward | Part time | Bank

This will be covering nights and weekends £14 - £16 per hour, depending on experience.

Working on the bank means you are not contracted to a set number of hours per week but instead work on an ad-hoc basis to suit the needs of the business and your availability.

Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. We’re here to look after the nation’s health. And a big part of this is about creating the best possible experience for our patients. That’s why we’re looking for someone new to support our colleagues and be there when it matters, helping to deliver the highest standards of care.

As a Healthcare Assistant on the ward at our Ipswich Hospital, you’ll show us you’re able to meet deadlines and follow instructions. You have a good telephone manner, and great computer and database skills. And if you’re qualified to NVQ Level 2 or 3, with relevant experience in an acute hospital or care setting, that’s even better.

As a Healthcare Assistant on the ward, you will:

• Put patient care first
• Carry out administrative duties
• Enjoy time to get to know the people who are our patients
• Meet the needs of every individual
• Use your organisational skills to make a positive impact
• Helping you feel good.

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind.

• Holiday in line with the Working Time Directive
• Access to our Pension Scheme
• discounted gym membership at £35.00 a month.

Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital. Set in over 19 acres of private woodland, Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital is a haven of tranquillity and repose. Only private patients are treated at Nuffield Health Ipswich Hospital, making us the only purely private hospital in East Anglia and the first within the Nuffield Health Hospitals group. We are currently registered with the Care Quality Commission for 60 beds, with areas of specialty in cataract, cosmetic, gynaecology, imaging & radiology, orthopaedics and urology & men's health Ipswich has a CQC (Care Quality Commission) rating of good.

Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.

It starts with you.

Nuffield Health, is the UK’s largest healthcare charity. For over 60 years, we’ve been working to make the UK fitter, healthier, happier and stronger. All for the public benefit. We do this through our family of 31 award-winning hospitals, 113 fitness and wellbeing centres, healthcare clinics and over a 100 workplace wellbeing services. As a charity, we reinvest all our income into our services, into pioneering improvements in care, and most importantly into our social impact programmes, which are designed to support people who would not normally be able to afford or access our services. Its all part of our mission to give everyone the care they need and to build a healthier nation.