Healthcare Assistant (HCA) - Luton Urgent Treatment Centre

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Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking dedicated individuals to assist with patient care, including ECG recording and support for healthcare professionals. The role involves managing medical equipment, ensuring compliance with health standards, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. In return, the organization offers exclusive discounts, NHS pension scheme, and various wellbeing support initiatives.

Benefits

Exclusive Discounts

NHS Pension Scheme

Wellbeing Support

Recognition and Rewards

Financial Perks

Career Growth

Office Comforts

Qualifications

• Experience in auditing and managing patients in clinical settings.
• Recent healthcare experience in an acute or community setting.
• Meaningful healthcare experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist with ECG recording and patient care tasks.
• Manage vaccine storage and monitor medical equipment.
• Support clinical staff with vital signs and tests.

Skills

Patient care

ECG recording

Health and Safety compliance

Team collaboration

Education

NVQ Level 2 healthcare

NVQ Level 3 healthcare

Tools

Adastra

Job description

Job overview

HUC provides the NHS111 and Out of Hours GP service to over 4.5 million patients across Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, West Essex, and the South West of England. HUC is an exciting and supportive place to work.

This role involves assisting with the delivery of patient care, including ECG recording, and providing support to healthcare professionals within a multidisciplinary team, under the supervision of a clinician and within the practice group parameters.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their skills in the main duties of the job through certificates.

No agencies please.

Main duties of the job

The role includes responsibilities such as ECG recording, chaperoning, managing vaccine storage and monitoring, re-stocking medical equipment, maintaining consulting rooms, and preparing environments and equipment for patient care. It supports health and wellbeing initiatives by raising awareness and collecting relevant data, maintaining stock, and regularly checking patient observations in the Urgent Treatment Centre. Ensuring life-saving equipment is stocked is also essential.

You will welcome and direct visitors, support clinical staff with tasks like taking vital signs and tests, oversee medical equipment checks and maintenance, and assist in meeting local and national targets, including reducing emergency department visits and maintaining infection control standards. Ensuring Health & Safety compliance, serving as Fire Co-Ordinator, and keeping the department organized are also key parts of the role. You will collaborate with the administrative team to support smooth service delivery and implement new systems.

Working for our organisation

In return for your dedication and commitment, we offer:

• Exclusive Discounts: Savings on shopping, travel, and entertainment through our Discount Hub, Blue Light Card, Tickets for Good, and more.
• NHS Pension Scheme: Secure your future with long-term financial benefits.
• Wellbeing Support: Access to counselling, health plans, meditation guides, fitness routines, and healthy recipes.
• Recognition and Rewards: Celebrate achievements with peer shout-outs, awards, and event vouchers.
• Financial Perks: Free financial advice, healthcare cash plans, and savings options.
• Career Growth: Training programs, internal vacancies, and updates on HUC news.
• Office Comforts: Unlimited tea and coffee, free parking, relaxation areas, and team events.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details, please see the attached document.

• NVQ Level 2 healthcare or relevant specialty
• Experience in auditing
• Recent healthcare experience in an acute or community setting
• Experience managing patients in clinical or outpatient settings
• NVQ Level 3 healthcare or relevant specialty
• Meaningful healthcare experience
• Knowledge of Adastra (preferably)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be required.