Healthcare Assistant

Healthcare Assistant (Paediatrics)Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TUFull time- 37.5 hours per week Salary: from £29,930 to £31,480 a year - dependent on experience

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced healthcare assistant who is an enthusiastic individual with an interest in healthcare to join us on a permanent basis at Bupa’s flagship hospital. This is a dual role which includes completing healthcare assistant skills, which involves caring for patients and assisting the nurses with the smooth running of the department.

As a healthcare assistant you will join the Skyline Children and Young Peoples outpatient’s department, seeing a wide variety of patients ranging from medical admissions, neurophysiology testing and a wide variety of surgical admissions.

You will gain experience caring for children and young people across a wide range of specialties whilst here with the support of an extensive MDT team including paediatric therapists and health play specialists.

What You'll Do

• To work closely with the ward nurses and be a patient advocate helping to deliver exceptional care that is centred in their needs and their families.
• You will be prioritizing patient care needs, be able to spot an unwell child and complete a comprehensive assessment and escalate according.
• Adhering to the hospitals infection control measures and promoting these within the team.
• Support the consultants in collaboration with the nurses.
• Welcome and receive patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues to the unit.
• Accompany patients and families between departments.
• Assist patients with eating, drinking, patient hygiene and elimination procedures.
• Assist with observations, being able to spot an unwell child and complete a comprehensive assessment and escalate accordingly to the nursing/ medical team.
• What You’ll Bring
• Experience as a Healthcare Assistant (essential)
• NVQ in health and social care or Care Certificate
• Experience working with children is essential
• Basic Life Support Trained (desirable)
• Have a desire to develop both professionally and personally
• NVQ Level 2 (Direct Patient Care) or equivalent
• Excellent team player
• Understanding of safeguarding best practice and awareness of relevant child protection legislation
• Benefits
• Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people.
• Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing.
• We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
• Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
• Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
• Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
• Various family friendly benefits
• Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
• Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.
• Why Bupa?
• We’re a health insurer and provider.
• With no shareholders, our customers are our focus.
• Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
• We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.
• We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.
• That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer.
• This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role.
• We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
• Time Type
• Full time
• Job Area
• Clinical Services
• Locations:
• Cromwell Hospital London