Healthcare Assistant – Outpatients
Cobham & Epsom | Full Time | Monday–Friday | Competitive Salary
Looking for a better work-life balance without leaving healthcare?
If you're an experienced Healthcare Assistant looking to move away from shift work, weekends and NHS pay bands, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.
Join Epsomedical, an independent provider delivering outstanding NHS elective care, where you'll enjoy:
- Monday to Friday working
- No night shifts
- Competitive salary
- Supportive, experienced clinical team
- Excellent training and career development
- Modern outpatient and day surgery facilities
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference to patients every day
We're looking for an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly multidisciplinary outpatient team, working across our Day Surgery Units in Cobham and Epsom.
Whether your background is in outpatient care, day surgery, GP practice, community healthcare or an acute hospital, we'd love to hear from you.
About the Role
As a Healthcare Assistant, you'll play an essential role in delivering safe, compassionate, high-quality care to patients attending our ophthalmology and specialist outpatient clinics.
Working alongside experienced nurses and consultants, you'll support patients throughout their journey while developing valuable clinical skills in a professional and rewarding environment.
Typical working hours are 7.5-hour shifts between 7:00am and 7:00pm, Monday to Friday, with occasional Saturday work available at an enhanced rate.
What You'll Be Doing
General Clinical Duties
Once competency has been achieved, you'll also support with:
- Patient observations
- Blood pressure, pulse and temperature
- Height, weight and BMI
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Venepuncture
- Urinalysis
- ECG recording
- Patient admissions
- Endoscopy decontamination
Ophthalmology Clinics
Following competency-based training, you'll undertake a range of specialist investigations including:
- Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
- Visual Fields
- Auto Refraction
- Biometry
- Ophthalmic Pre-assessment
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
You'll also:
- Support clinicians during patient consultations and procedures
- Act as a patient chaperone where required
- Maintain accurate patient records
- Prepare clinical areas and ensure equipment is clean and safe
- Maintain stock levels and order supplies
- Help create a welcoming, safe environment for patients and visitors
- Identify and report concerns promptly
- Support new team members
- Participate in ongoing learning and quality improvement initiatives
What We're Looking For:
Someone who is
- Passionate about delivering outstanding patient care
- Friendly, compassionate and professional
- Organised with excellent communication skills
- Able to work confidently as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Eager to learn new clinical skills and continue developing professionally
Essential
- Full-time availability
- Right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not available)
- Able to work across both our Cobham and Epsom sites
- Live within a reasonable commuting distance
Desirable
- Previous Healthcare Assistant experience
- Full UK driving licence
Why Join Epsomedical?
At Epsomedical, we believe healthcare professionals should enjoy both a rewarding career and a healthy work-life balance.
Unlike many healthcare providers, we focus exclusively on planned elective care, allowing our teams to work in a calm, organised environment where patient experience comes first.
When you join us, you'll become part of a supportive organisation that genuinely invests in its people.
Benefits include:
- Competitive salary
- Monday-Friday working
- Cross-site travel expenses paid
- NHS Blue Light Card
- Pluxee employee discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Financial planning services
- Regular social events
- Comprehensive in-house training
- Ongoing professional development
- Company pension
- Paid sick leave after successful completion of probation
About Epsomedical
Epsomedical is an independent hospital group providing high-quality NHS elective care across Surrey and South West London.
Operating modern Day Surgery Units in Cobham and Epsom, our mission is simple:
To demonstrate that exceptional NHS hospital care is possible by putting patients first and supporting our staff to deliver the very best care.
If you're looking for a role where your contribution is valued, your development is encouraged, and your work-life balance matters, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and become part of a team committed to delivering first-class patient care.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: From £27,300.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Financial planning services
- Free flu jabs
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Cobham KT11 1HS: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- healthcare: 1 year (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
