Healthcare Assistant
Hours: Monday to Friday 8 hours a day (usually 08:00-18:00)
Area: Oxford
Main Locations: Covering clinic across Oxford including, Chipping Norton Health Centre, Northgate Health Centre, Marcham Road Health Centre, The Leys Health Centre, Townlands Memorial Hospital, Wantage Community Hospital & Deer Park Medical Centre
Pay Rate: £12.71 per hour
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated, enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant for our London diagnostic services. To succeed you must have excellent communication skills and a flexible, proactive approach to delivering first class diagnostic services and patient care. The post holder will work closely with Sonographers, supporting them with patients during their clinics. Training is provided and further career development opportunities throughout the company.
Responsibilities include:
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Ensuring the smooth running of clinics
- Assisting in the care and comfort of patients
- Assisting Sonographers during examinations
- Ensuring the clinical room is prepared prior to the start of clinical sessions
- Using the patient information systems (Soliton/PACS)
- To monitor and ensure sufficient stock levels are consistently maintained in a designated clinic.
- To order supplies when required
- Ensuring and maintaining a patient centred and quality focused approach to all aspects of work
- Ensure patients have access to a chaperone at all times
- Uphold Healthshare’s professional standards policy
- Uphold data protection and patient confidentiality at all times
Requirements:
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Good communication skills
- Basic computer skills
- Flexible in approach to work
- Ability to be tactful and diplomatic
- Good organisational skills
- Previous experience within a healthcare environment is desirable
- Previous experience working in retail or hospitality.
- UK applications only
It is important that your application meets the minimum requirements of the person specification, as we will shortlist against these details. Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification before making your application to ensure that your application demonstrates that you meet the minimum requirements.
Please note that should we experience a high level of interest in this post, the vacancy may be closed prior to the stated closing date.
We are Cora Health
Cora is a leading provider of community healthcare services in the UK. We deliver MSK (musculoskeletal) services, diagnostic imaging, day-case surgery, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, podiatry, persistent pain management, mental health, orthopaedic and rheumatology services.
We want everyone to have the opportunity to thrive. We help people help themselves, to get back to their best or to simply find a new way forward.
Why work for Cora Health?
We continue to reward our staff with competitive salaries and a great range of employee benefits. These include:
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25 days annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) and option to buy/sell
- Private Healthcare (Benenden)
- Company Pension Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Blue Light Card
- Refer a Friend Scheme
- CPD Opportunities
- Wagestream
- Reward Gateway
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Smart Tech
- EV Car Scheme
These benefits are our way of saying thank you to our colleagues.
