Rated as a CQC Outstanding hospital, The Horder Centre is looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our wonderful Day Services Unit team. Playing a pivotal role, where no one day is the same, this is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and empathetic candidate to join our team of clinical and nursing experts in providing exceptional care to our highly valued patients.
You will be undertaking for a variety of different tasks, from correctly recording basic nursing practices of TPR, BP, oxygen saturations, BMI to undertaking capillary blood samples for point of care testing.
Based from The Horder Centre, Crowborough, this is a part-time (30-hours), permanent role, with fantastic opportunities to learn, develop and grow a long-term career within a supportive and caring setting.
About you:
- You will be a passionate and empathetic individual, with experience of having worked with a variety of patients.
- You will be personal and approachable, with a real motivation to support everyone who walks through The Horder Centre doors.
- Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important and respected relationships with your team and our patients.
- Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
- A NVQ Level 2 or 3 is desirable, but not essential.
- A working ethic aligned to our core values as a group: Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.
Right to work in the UK
In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. We have assessed this role and do not consider that we would be able to sponsor a successful candidate under the Skilled Worker route as the role does not meet the relevant Home Office criteria; the successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their own right to work during the recruitment process without Horder Healthcare sponsorship.
At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.
As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer our full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, all successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken up before appointment.