Healthcare Assistant

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 8 February 2025
LOCATION
Aylesbury
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Healthcare
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Minimum 6 months experience in Support Work Fluent English Speaking Proficient English Writing Good communication skills Ability to work without direct supervision Knowledge of care giving Empathy and understanding of patient care needs Relevant training in Manual Handling, First Aid, Basic Life support, Health & Safety, Food Hygiene/Infection Control, Nutrition and Hydration Recent experience in caring for patients

FULL DESCRIPTION

HEALTHCARE ASSISTANT

We are looking for experienced, confident and reliable Healthcare Assistants. You will need good communication skills and the ability to work in a variety of healthcare settings providing advanced notice and short notice cover.

All Candidates must have the following

  • Minimum of 6 months experience in Support Work (in the UK)
  • Enhanced CRB Check
  • Fluent English Speaking
  • Proficient English Writing
  • 3 professional References
  • UK Driving Licence

Essential skills required for Healthcare Assistants

Skills/abilities:

  • Ability to uses own initiative, plan own work and prioritise a patient’s care needs.
  • Ability to work without direct supervision.
  • Ability to work within a team.
  • Good communication skills.
  • Motivated to learn.
  • Maintains a mature attitude.
  • Possesses a responsible attitude.

Knowledge:

  • Knowledge of care giving
  • Has an empathy and understanding of issues encountered by patients with care needs.

Training/ education:

  • Evidence of relevant statutory and mandatory training; Manual Handling, First Aid, Basic Life support, Health & Safety, Food Hygiene/Infection Control.
  • Nutrition and Hydration

Experience:

  • Recent experience of caring for patients.

Other requirements:

  • Ability to travel to varying work locations during unsocial hours.

Benefits:

  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Flexible working hours
  • Free mandatory and service-specific training
  • Ongoing professional maintenance (appraisals & clinical supervision)

Applicants will:

  • Undergo a full enhanced CRB check
  • Require two professional references
  • Need to complete the free online training if they do not have valid training certificates.

If you have the skills, attitude and experience to be successful in this role, we want to hear from you today.

LOCATION

Location

  • Aylesbury
  • Bedford
  • Birmingham
  • Bristol
  • Cambridge
  • Cardiff
  • Colchester
  • Corby
  • Coventry
  • Daventry
  • Kettering
  • Leicester
  • Luton
  • Milton Keynes (HO)
  • Northampton
  • Nottingham
  • Peterborough
  • Wellingborough

Salary

£9 - £18/hr (depending on the shifts worked i.e. weekdays, weekends, nights, bank holidays etc.)

Working Hours

Flexible

Start Date

ASAP start

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