Healthcare Assistant - Pre Operative Assessment
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Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly Pre-Op Assessment Department.
Our Working hours are 08.00-18.00 Monday - Friday.
The Pre-Operative Department is a key element in providing a high-quality service to patients and in achieving agreed standards within the trust. We are looking for a motivated and resilient healthcare assistant, with a "can do" attitude, to join our team.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for assisting qualified staff by taking bloods, MRSA swabs and performing ECGs. Urine testing, reception duties. There is also a requirement for some administrative duties. Preparing notes for clinics. The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills and a commitment to maintaining high standards of care. A friendly and patient-centred approach is vital for this role. It is also important that the applicant has a calming demeanour as most patients are quite anxious, nervous coming into hospital pre surgery.
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Details
Date posted
10 July 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,008 to £25,553 a year pa inc HCAS pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
151-AG382
Job locations
Heatherwood Hospital
Brook Ave
Ascot
SL5 7GB
Employer details
Employer name
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Heatherwood Hospital
Brook Ave
Ascot
SL5 7GB
Employer's website
https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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