Health Care Assistant

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Healthcare Assistant to join the Outpatient Department .

You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills / ability to work as a member of the team / be self-motivated and able to work under own initiative. The successful applicant will be joining a team of dedicated skilled staff, which include nurses, healthcare assistants, nurse associates and doctors. We are looking for enthusiasm, motivation, flexibility, hardworking and positive thinking

You will need to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills / Ability to work as a member of the team / be self-motivated and able to work under own initiative. The successful applicant will be joining a team of dedicated skilled staff, which include nurses, healthcare assistants, nurse associates and doctors. We are looking for e looking for an excellent health care assistant who has an interest in women's health. You will be an advocate for the patient and maintain privacy and dignity.

Main duties of the job

• Communicate clearly, effectively, and appropriately with the multi-disciplinary team, patients, and their families/visitors/carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication.

• Respond appropriately to queries, take phone messages, and pass on written and verbal information to patients.

• Provide relevant information to patients/families/visitors/carers and colleagues.

• Complete documentation accurately and contribute to reports of patient's activity and progress.
• Report any issues at work that may put health, safety, and security of staff,patients and visitors at risk
• Assist in maintaining a clean environment that is conducive to safe practice.
• Report any accidents to the nurse in charge and complete Datix as appropriate.
• Maintain adequate levels of stock, equipment and materials and facilitate the efficient, effective use of resources.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Hospital

Magdala Avenue

London

N19 5NF

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Hospital

Magdala Avenue

London

N19 5NF

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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