Healthcare Assistant

Description:

As one of our Theatre Healthcare Assistants you will be ensuring that our patients receive a high standard of care by carrying out routine patient monitoring and care duties that will be relevant to each individual patient.

You will make sure your patients are prepared and ready for any treatments or surgery booked and ensure all necessary checks are conducted prior to a treatment or surgery taking place.

You’ll help with collecting the patient, during their anaesthetic phase & whilst undergoing surgery.

You’ll be supporting the scrub team in preparing the appropriate kit & equipment & also ensuring the theatre environment is clean at all times. You will also help with stock control, organising equipment & audits.

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

What we'll look for in you

uYou‘ll be effective communicator at all levels, both written and verbal you will be liaising with different departments internal and external, face to face, via email or over the phone.

You will be friendly, polite and has a genuine caring nature, who enjoys working as part of a great team and playing your part in making it even greater!

You will be computer literate, and willing to undertake training in local computer systems.