Healthcare Assistant

Macclesfield, England, United Kingdom

12/17/2024

Job Description

Healthcare Assistant – Wards | Macclesfield | Permanent | Full Time

Spire Regency are now recruiting an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our warm and friendly team

The Spire Regency Hospital in Macclesfield, Cheshire opened in 1991 and has a full multi-disciplinary medical team onsite. We practice some of the most advanced treatments on the latest generation imaging and diagnostic technology. This means we can offer everything from screening and rehabilitation through to leading-edge surgical procedures across a range of specialist fields like orthopaedics, cosmetics and general surgery -all delivered through our expert and caring clinical teams.

Situated off the A537 just outside Macclesfield town centre, we're a first choice hospital for patients in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Greater Manchester.

Duties And Responsibilities

• To assist the qualified nursing staff, under their supervision, in providing a high quality, comprehensive nursing service to all patients and users, ensuring a high standard of a patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment.
• Contributing to the support and monitoring of patients
• Identifying and reporting any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and well-being to the appropriate person
• Assisting with the movement of patients in line with clinic policies
  
  

Who We're Looking For

• Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a hospital environment
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care /Care Certificate / NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential
• Basic numeracy & literacy.
• Demonstrate a patient focused approach
• Experience in : ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations
• Phlebotomy experience is desirable
• Wound care experience is desirable
• Good team work ethic
• Enthusiastic and energetic professional
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are essential
  
  

Benefits

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• ‘Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
  
  

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For further information about this role or for an informal conversation about the range of career options available with Spire please contact Sarah Whittaker at Sarah.whittaker@Spirehealthcare.com or call 07525887973

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: 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