Bank Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Assistant | Surgical ward| Bank- Flexible Working| Havant, Hampshire

Spire Portsmouth Hospital has an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the staffing bank as a Healthcare Assistant. This role forms an intrinsic part of our clinical team, working alongside our nursing staff in the surgical ward

*Shifts Monday to Sunday - Long day - 0700-1930 or nights 1900-0730

Spire Portsmouth Hospital offers world-class care within beautiful surroundings and is part of one of the UK’s most respected private hospital groups. With a full multidisciplinary medical team, you can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to personalised treatments and as much aftercare as you clinically need.

• →Assisting the team on the surgical ward in the provision of exemplary patient care
• →Contributing to the support and monitoring of patients
• →Identifying and reporting any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and well-being to the appropriate person
• →Assisting with the movement of patients in line with hospital policies

• Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a clinical environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations
• It would be advantageous to hold an NVQ Level 3 

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
•    Unsocial Enhancements, dependent upon shift pattern worked (won’t be applicable for all)
•    Access to Spire Healthcare pension
•    Access to Blue Light Card discounts
•    Smart spending 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
•    We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness or annual leave.

Our Values
We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
•    Driving clinical excellence
•    Doing the right thing
•    Caring is our passion
•    Keeping it simple
•    Delivering on our promises
•    Succeeding and celebrating together
•    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