Outpatient Services Patient care Assistant

Job Title: Outpatient Services Patient Care Assistant

Location: Paragon Referrals, Wakefield

Job Type: Permanent Full Time

Hours: Approximately 40 hrs. per week (9.30 am-6.00 pm Monday-Friday) to be discussed at the interview. There may be a requirement to work weekends.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Our outpatient service team seeks a dedicated and diligent professional to join our collaborative environment. The outpatient services include registered nurses and patient care assistants from oncology, cardiology, dermatology, and the dispensary departments. This position is responsible for providing essential support across these teams as needed, ensuring the safe and secure treatment of patients within each department.

Key duties will include:

• Helping with consults, including restraining patients.
• Supporting outpatient service nurses during patient procedures.
• Handling medication dispensing.
• Managing inventory and stock levels.
• Performing administrative tasks and answering phone calls.
• Aiding with front desk responsibilities.
• Collaborating effectively within a team setting.
• Infection control measures.
• Providing assistance in other hospital departments as required.
• Cleaning and closing down clinical areas at the end of shifts
• Packaging and processing of laboratory samples

Benefits

• 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays + Birthday Leave
• Extensive free online Linnaeus CPD program
• Career progression opportunities
• Staff discount schemes
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced sickness pay
• Enhanced equal family leave
• E-car salary sacrifice scheme
• Employer contribution pension scheme
• Wellness program including:
  • Employee assistance program
  • Eyecare voucher scheme
  • Free annual Flu jab
  • Cycle to work scheme
• Recruitment referral reward scheme

About us

We are a new state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary referral small animal practice, based in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. With our practice being RCVS accredited to Small Animal Veterinary Hospital level, it allows us to provide outstanding levels of care to our patients with a kind and compassionate approach. Our Paragon team is committed to highest quality of care and the excellence of service assuring patients get the best possible treatment. 

At Linnaeus, we are committed to supporting the physical and mental health of all our Associates. We have an amazing team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) across our practices and central support office in addition to a confidential Employee Assistance Program which is available for everyone.