# Bank Healthcare Assistant - Wards

**Company**: Spire Healthcare
**Location**: Harpenden, Hertfordshire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team in Harpenden. As a Bank Healthcare Assistant, you will work on an as-and-when-required basis, helping to support our clinical teams during busy periods, staff absences, and seasonal demands.

**Responsibilities:**

- Assist qualified nursing staff in providing high-quality patient care

- Contribute to patient support and monitoring

- Identify and report significant changes in patient health and well-being

**Requirements:**

- Previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant in a hospital environment

- Theatre or minor operations experience

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Experience with ECGs, taking blood/blood pressures, and patient observations (desirable)

- Good teamwork ethic

- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care/Care Certificate/NVQ Level 3 (desirable)

- Flexibility to work a mixture of day and night shifts

**Benefits:**

- Competitive rates for bank colleagues

- Weekly payment

- Free onsite car park

- Access to Spire Healthcare pension

- Blue Light Card discounts

- Free uniform

- Free DBS

- Full induction and mandatory training updates

- Opportunities for further training and progression

## Skills

### Required
- ECGs
- blood pressure
- patient observations
- communication
- interpersonal skills

### Nice to have
- Theatre experience
- minor operations experience
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
- Care Certificate
- NVQ Level 3

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