Healthcare Assistant, Day Services Unit - Crowborough, United Kingdom - Horder Healthcare

    Horder Healthcare
    Horder Healthcare Crowborough, United Kingdom

    3 weeks ago

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    Job summary

    Based from The Horder Centre, Crowborough, this is a part-time (30-hours), permanent role, with fantastic opportunities to learn, develop and grow a long-term career within a supportive and caring setting.

    Main duties of the job

    Rated as a CQC Outstanding hospital, The Horder Centre is looking for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our wonderful Day Services Unit team . Playing a pivotal role, where no one day is the same, this is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and empathetic candidate to join our team of clinical and nursing experts in providing exceptional care to our highly valued patients.

    You will be undertaking for a variety of different tasks, from correctly recording basic nursing practices of TPR, BP, oxygen saturations, BMI to undertaking capillary blood samples for point of care testing.

    About us

    Horder Healthcare has been committed to caring since 1954 when we were called 'The Horder Centre for Arthritis'. We've come a long way since then. Our consultants are amongst the most skilled, experienced and innovative in their field. Our staff love to work here, so it makes sense that our patient outcomes are in the top 99%.

    We have grown into a multi-service healthcare provider, with hospitals in Crowborough and East Grinstead, and outreach clinics in Eastbourne and Seaford. We are committed to making a positive impact to the health of individuals and the communities in which we work.

    Not only have we developed an international reputation for orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care, our partnership with The McIndoe Centre - the birthplace of pioneering plastic surgery treatments, means that we can deliver high-quality plastic, reconstructive, maxillofacial, ophthalmology and orthopaedic services from world-class consultants to an even greater number of people.

    We know that our working lives are fundamental to emotional wellbeing. Our employees are as valuable to us as our patients and we see it as our duty to nurture an engaged and skilled workforce. To do this we ensure employees have access to training and development opportunities as well as being a flexible and diverse workplace.

    We are committed to caring, and committed to you.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Rated as a CQC Outstanding hospital, The Horder Centre is looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our wonderful Day Services Unit team . Playing a pivotal role, where no one day is the same, this is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and empathetic candidate to join our team of clinical and nursing experts in providing exceptional care to our highly valued patients.

    You will be undertaking for a variety of different tasks, from correctly recording basic nursing practices of TPR, BP, oxygen saturations, BMI to undertaking capillary blood samples for point of care testing.

    Based from The Horder Centre, Crowborough, this is a part-time (30-hours), permanent role, with fantastic opportunities to learn, develop and grow a long-term career within a supportive and caring setting.

    About you:

  • You will be a passionate and empathetic individual, with experience of having worked with a variety of patients.
  • You will be personal and approachable, with a real motivation to support everyone who walks through The Horder Centre doors.
  • Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important and respected relationships with your team and our patients.
  • Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
  • A NVQ Level 2 or 3 is desirable, but not essential.
  • A working ethic aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
  • In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Horder Healthcare sponsorship.

    At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.

    As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.

    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.

    Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced