Now Hiring: Health Care Assistant in London (Visa Sponsorship Offered)

Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: £30,546.00 to £32,207.00 per year

Job Reference: C9271-25-0617

Read also: Health Care Assistant needed in NHS Jobs

About the Job: 

This role is perfect for organised, proactive and compassionate candidates who are looking to develop their careers in care. As a Clinic Healthcare assistant your responsibility is to ensure that children, young people and their families have a positive experience. You will need to be able to work to tight deadlines and have a flexible approach to work.You will do this by:Preparing clinic rooms and patients notes for forthcoming clinicsPreparing patients to be seen by the doctor or nurse by undertaking measurements, obtainingspecimens and recording vital signsUsing excellent communication skills with a variety of people such as the children, young people and their families, and multidisciplinary team colleagues.Preparing children/young people for and undertaking venepuncture

If you would be interested in a patient focused role in a fast-paced environment please apply! We value the skills and experience you can bring and welcome you to come and share these with us as part of our expanding team

Main duties of the job

• To work collaboratively as part of the healthcare team, helping registered nurses and other healthcare practitioners in the work associated with providing care to meet the health and well-being of the child/young people and their families
• Work with the registered nurses to meet the daily living needs of children and young people
• Provide comfort, reassurance and support to the child/young person and their families if anxious or distressed
• Communicate clearly, effectively and appropriately with the healthcare team, the child/young person and their family/carers/visitors.
• Respond appropriately to queries, take phone messages and pass on written and verbal information to the healthcare team, the child/young person and their family/carers/visitors
• Assist in maintaining a clean environment that is conducive to safe practice, cleaning patient equipment as required
• Monitor and maintain the environment, equipment and resources

About us

We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.

Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.

We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.

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