Healthcare Assistant/ Phlebotomist, Adult Outpatient Department

Job Description:

Healthcare Assistant /Phlebotomist (Adult Outpatient Department)

Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU

Hours 37.5 hours per week (1 Year Fixed Term Contract)

Paying from £30, 960 - £32,510 per annum dependent on experience

Role Overview:

As a Healthcare Assistant you will contribute to the delivery of holistic care needs to the patients and family, providing support within the team in ensuring a high standard of nursing care. You will provide support to the team and work under the Leadership of the registered nurses.

What you'll do:

• Provide high quality physical and psychological Care with Compassion
• Confidently and safely Communicate patients care needs.
• Have the Courage to speak up and Commitment to be a patient advocate.
• Participate in the delivery of a consistent, safe service in all aspects of the patient journey, from greeting and orientating through to discharge, whilst demonstrating a culture of customer service.
• Provide holistic nursing care interventions as directed, ensuring patients optimum care needs are met, including hygiene, elimination, and mobility, and assisting patients with eating and drinking when required.
• Undertake clinical duties in any area that is reasonably requested ensuring that you practice within your achieved competencies and abilities reporting any changes or concerns to the nurse in charge.
• Assist with collection and transportation of specimens.
• Maintain up to date care records and observations charts.
• Refer patients, relatives, and colleagues’ queries to the appropriate staff.
• Enter requests on the computer and assist the receptionist and nursing staff with any other clerical duties when required.
• Attend relevant team meetings and case reviews.
• Adopt a flexible approach to the day to day running of the department and the rota.
• Have a working knowledge of emergency policies including cardiac arrest and fire.
• Work within other areas of the hospital as required.

What you’ll bring:

• Experience working as a Healthcare Assistant on a ward or outpatient setting (essential)
• NVQ in health and social care or Care Certificate
• Basic Life Support Trained
• Have a desire to develop both professionally and personally
• NVQ Level 2 (Direct Patient Care) or equivalent
• Competent in written and oral English
• Competent with Venepuncture and Phlebotomy

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday per year, pro rata to your contract.
• Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
• Fixed term benefits allowance
• Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
• Workplace pension
• Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: careers@bupa.com

At Bupa we strive to ensure all our of customers, patients and staff are safe.  All employees have a duty to ensure that safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk is prioritised and acted on appropriately’.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Clinical Services

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London