Bank - Theatre Healthcare Assistant

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Due to the increase in treatments and care we give to our patients, we have an exciting opportunity for a Bank - Theatre Healthcare Assistant to join and assist Theatre department at our Portsmouth based hospital.

• Are you aware of the primary responsibilities of a Healthcare Assistant working in a Theatre environment?
• Would you like the chance to play your role as part of a committed and focused team?

This will be a supporting role, where you will be playing a fundamental part in ensuring a smooth patient journey by following and documenting the complete patient pathway.

This is a Bank position, (0 hour contract)

offering casual working hours

                                                                        Shift pattern: 07:45 17:45

Main duties of the job

As one of our Bank Healthcare Assistants, you will be assisting members of the theatre department, setting up theatre ready for patient treatment to take place.  The way you will set up a theatre will be dependant on each speciality.

You will be responsible for completing the patient pathway.  Youll need to competently an accurately update patient records, ensuring the patient pathway is being followed and documented.

As the Healthcare Assistant, youll be conscious of health, safety and hygiene aspects in a theatre.  Not only will you look to make sure the theatre is clean, youll monitor and look for potential hazards, ensuring they are made safe or the issue is quickly bright to the attention of the theatre staff.

About us

You will have past experience of working in a hospital or clinical environment and ideally have already completed the NVQ level 1&2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.

Youll be a strong communicator, confident to converse at all level both written and verbal.  Youll be the patients advocate, communicating with them and their families and friends as well as  a wide range of internal colleagues representing varied departments.

You will computer literate. You should be familiar with MS office tools and have examples of having to quickly learn a new system as you will be using our in-house system on a daily basis.

To apply for the role, click on the link below. If you have any questions contact kaleb.gumbs@practiceplusgroup.com.

All shortlisted candidate will be contacted but please note, Practice Plus Group retain the right to remove the advert prior to the closing date if a suitable candidate is appointed.

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

At Practice Plus Group, we actively promote diversity and equal opportunities.