# Healthcare Assistant - Wards 25 hours

**Company**: Spire Harpenden Hospital
**Location**: HARPENDEN, HERTFORDSHIRE
**Job type**: part-time
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Spire Harpenden Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join their ward department on a part-time contract (25 hours per week). The successful applicant will work in a team that provides high-quality, evidence-based nursing care in a surgical setting to facilitate smooth and efficient patient pathways.

**Responsibilities:**

- Assist qualified nursing staff, under their supervision, in providing a high-quality, comprehensive nursing service to all patients and users, ensuring a high standard of patient care is maintained in a clean and safe environment.

- Contribute to the support and monitoring of patients.

- Identify and report any significant changes that might affect the patient’s health and well-being to the appropriate person.

**Requirements:**

- Previous experience of working as an HCA (or equivalent) in a hospital environment.

- Theatre/minor ops experience.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Experience in: ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures and patient observations (desirable).

- Good teamwork ethic.

- Enthusiastic and energetic professional.

- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care / Care Certificate / NVQ Level 3 is desirable but not essential.

**Shifts:**

- Long days and nights. Must be able to work any shifts, Monday to Sunday.

**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 - discounts and cashback for over 1000 retailers.

- Free Bupa wellness screening.

- Private medical insurance.

- Life assurance.

## Skills

### Required
- ECGs
- taking blood
- blood pressures
- patient observations
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- teamwork

### Nice to have
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
- Care Certificate
- NVQ Level 3

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