Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

We are looking for Healthcare support workers to work as part of the team, maintaining good working relationships with patients, relatives and members of the multi-disciplinary team.To deal with enquiries from patients, visitors and staff, as directed by qualified staff, in accordance with department practices, ensuring that patient confidentially is maintained at all times.

Healthcare AssistantBand 2

Hours: 37.5 per week Full Time

Shifts: Long days and nights

Tenure: Permanent

Site: Ealing Hospital

Main duties of the job

At London North West Hospital NHS Trust we recognize the value of care and compassion in health care and have an exciting opportunity for Healthcare support workers to join our team providing excellent care to our patients within the integrated medicine elderly care.

With the patient at the center of all you do, we are looking for compassionate, enthusiastic and confident, experienced, Healthcare support workers , who are able under supervision, to provide the highest standard of care. You will need to be able to prioritise, work under pressure and have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.Being a member of staff here means treating everyone with respect. It means working together and embracing change to achieve excellence in every part of the hospital. Most of all, it means encompassing a desire to take personal responsibility for ensuring our patients get the highest quality care they deserve. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment.We want all our Healthcare support workers to become successful, competent and confident carers so we are committed to ensuring the ongoing development of a wide range of skills and knowledge.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

To find out more about our Trust, why not view our video we are London North West University Healthcare

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.