# Healthcare Assistant - Wards

**Company**: Spire Wellesley Hospital
**Location**: SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Spire Wellesley Hospital are looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join their fantastic ward team to work a mixture of shifts. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting Registered Nurses on the Wards, working a mixture of day and night shifts.

The hospital has 3 Theatres (2 laminar flow) and an endoscopy unit, a 33 bedded Surgical Ward covering a wide variety of specialties including Orthopaedics, Bariatrics, General Surgery, Vascular, Plastics, Gynae, Ophthalmology, Spinal, Urology, ENT.

Responsibilities include:

- Providing basic nursing care in conjunction with qualified nurses

- Taking observations

- Performing ECG's

- Phlebotomy

- Manual handling

Requirements:

- Previous hospital experience

- Phlebotomy trained

- NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care (ideally)

- Excellent customer service skills and a caring demeanour

Benefits:

- Competitive salary

- 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

- Free on-site parking

## Skills

### Required
- Phlebotomy
- ECG's
- Manual handling
- Basic nursing care

### Nice to have
- NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care

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