# Healthcare Assistant - Urgent Treatment Centre

**Company**: Stellar Healthcare LTD
**Location**: Harlow
**Job type**: Fixed term
**Salary**: £16.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an organised, adaptable, and friendly Healthcare Assistant to join our team at the Integrated Urgent Treatment Centre (IUTC) in Harlow. As a Healthcare Assistant, you will play a vital role in providing high levels of patient care.

**Job Summary:** You will be working as part of a team to provide excellent patient care, performing various clinical tasks, and ensuring the smooth operation of the IUTC.

**Main Duties:**

- Administration of oxygen as directed by a clinician

- Blood glucose checks

- Clinical observations (BP, temperature, heart rate & oxygen saturation)

- D-dimer measurement

- ECG

- Hand washing audits

- Urinalysis

- Basic life support

- Assist the clinical and administrative teams to deliver high standards of care

- Provide service information and support to patients

- Work within IUTC procedural guidelines, policies, and pathways

- Ensure the wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults is safeguarded

- Maintain and order clinical supplies and stock control

- Keep updated and be responsible for own mandatory training

- Complete HCA competency framework

- Be familiar with policies and protocols

- Responsible for a safe, well-maintained environment

- Cover reception duties when required

- Help with audits and ensuring CQC standards are met and maintained

**Requirements:**

- Excellent communication skills

- Ability to work in a polite, confidential, and discreet manner

- Experience of working with the public

- Confidence to work as part of a team and think on your feet

- Previous medical or healthcare assistant experience

**Benefits:**

- Free staff parking

**Salary:** £16.00 per hour weekdays, £17.00 per hour weekends

**Contract:** Fixed term, 2 years, part-time

## Skills

### Required
- communication skills
- teamwork
- clinical observations
- basic life support

### Nice to have
- previous medical or healthcare assistant experience

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