Health Care Assistant

Job summary

Were recruiting a Health Care Assistant (Band 3) to join the Phoenix Health Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Experience managing patients who have had bariatric surgery and/or previous experience in a weight management service is desirable, but not essential. For us it is more important that we find an individual with a strong work ethic, who is reliable and has outstanding interpersonal and team skills. We can provide supervised specialist training (including extended clinical roles) for the right person. The Phoenix Health group also includes the Semapen business as part of its suite of weight management services, delivering an online GLP-1 programme. Whilst this is not compulsory experience for the HCA it may suit a candidate with some interest in this area as part of the role.

This is an exciting new role that the right candidate will be able to develop alongside the expanding company. The post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS screen.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will include:

- Working closely with fellow specialist bariatric nurses, dietitians and surgeons in outpatient clinics (predominantly remote with some face to face).

- Pre op screening (remote)

- Data entry onto national database (NBSR)

- Data collection for internal audits / reviews

- Assist the wider clinical team with patient administration tasks such as contacting GPs, sending dietary information to patients.

- Antropometric monitoring in outpatient clinics

- Undertaking, recording and follow guidelines for other tasks that you will have received appropriate training to support the needs of the business.

- Post operative ward visits

About us

Phoenix Public Health (Phoenix Health) is a highly regarded specialist provider of weight loss surgery founded by Professor David Kerrigan, President of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS).

Our skilled and close-knit multidisciplinary team of about 20 employees work with carefully selected surgeons to deliver the highest standards of treatment and post-operative aftercare.

Phoenix Health provide NHS bariatric outpatient clinics and surgery for patients from Lancashire, Cumbria and Merseyside ICBs using both private and NHS facilities in Manchester region. We also provide private surgery at these sites and other locations in the South East. Our head office is located within modern offices close to the M56 just outside Chester.