Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Assistant (Bank)

**Job Description**:
**Healthcare Assistant - Chemotherapy Day Unit**

**Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU**

**Bank**

**From £16. 21 per hour**

Here you'll be welcomed. We chion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You'll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

At Bupa, you can be the Health Care you want to be. With the autonomy to use your skills and strong benefits to support you, patient care can be your top priority.

**Role Overview**

As a Healthcare Assistant you'll contribute to the delivery of care needs to the patients by assisting the team in providing a high standard of care and you'll provide support to the team.

**What you'll do**:

- Welcome and receive patients, visitors, and colleagues to the Unit.
- Always ensure the needs and concerns of patients and their friends/relatives are given thorough attention and a friendly and efficient service is provided.
- Assist patients to orientate to the ward.
- Report to a qualified nurse, any changes in a patient's condition that may require.
- Refer patients', relatives', and colleagues' queries to the Nursing Staff.
- Accompany patients (including their friends and relatives) between Departments.
- Assist in patient hygiene and elimination procedures.
- Transport Clinical specimens / Prescription charts, as directed, to the relevant Departments.
- Provide direct basic technical assistance to medical staff as and when required.
- Assist with observation and collection of specimens.
- Assist the receptionist and nursing staff with any other clerical duties when required.

**What you'll bring**:

- NVQ Level 2 (Direct Patient Care) or equivalent
- Good communicator/interpersonal skills.
- Good Verbal and written skills.
- Previous experience within a hospital setting
- Phlebotomy trained.

**Why work for us?**

We want people to ‘love working here', so much so that's it's at the top of our agenda and something you'll hear a lot about here at the Cromwell Hospital. We offer our people a great range of benefits, many of which are flexible and can be tailored to suit what's most important to you. We're a healthcare company so there's a huge focus on our people's health and wellbeing, supported by a healthy work-life balance and workplaces which are friendly, appealing spaces to support you to be at your best.

**We offer a range of benefits for our Bank Staff**:

- Annual leave accrual paid every time you work.
- Subsidised staff canteen and coffee shop led by expert caterers.
- Access to preferential rates on Bupa products, such as health assessments, menopause plan and some dental practices
- Inclusion in the NEST government pension scheme.

**Why Bupa?**

We'll support you It's a rewarding role, you'll be able to see first-hand how patients benefit from your care. In this department, you'll have a support network around you, giving you the time to dedicate to each patient. We are a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. We reinvest profits into providing more and better healthcare for the benefit of current and future customers.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bupa is committed to making sure that every applicant is assessed solely on personal merit and qualifications. We actively celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and provide an inclusive environment so you can bring your true self to Bupa. We'll make sure you are treated fairly, regardless of disability or circumstance. That's why we're happy to offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Whether you've found your feet or are discovering a new path.

Welcome to a place that celebrates you.

This isn't where you've been.

This is where you're going.

This is what we have belief in.

Time Type:
Part time
Job Area:
Clinical Services
Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London