Job role: Health Care Assistant
Company’s name: NHS Jobs
Job location: Harefield
Salary: £29,176 to £30,225 a year p.a inc Outer London HCA
Job sector: Health Care
Job reference: 196-NM12771
About the Job
Health Care Assistant needed in NHS Jobs
1. To provide and maintain excellent standards of patient care.
2. To provide administrative and clerical support to the Imaging department.
3. To be flexible in providing cover for any imaging areas as per the service requirement.
4. To provide support to the multi-disciplinary teams within Imaging.
To play a role in the continuous development of the Trust as a member of the Radiology team and as a potential member of a range of Trust quality/process improvement project groups.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide and maintain excellent standards of patient care.
2. To provide administrative and clerical support to the Imaging department.
3. To be flexible in providing cover for any imaging areas.
4. To provide support to the multi-disciplinary teams within Imaging.
Main tasks and responsibilities
1. Communication
o Demonstrate politeness, courtesy, and sensitivity in dealing with patients, relatives, and visitors, maintaining good customer relations.
o Carry out assigned clerical tasks as directed by the supervisor.
o Report untoward incidents and any other relevant information to the supervisor immediately.
o Participate fully as a team member, sharing knowledge and information and supporting colleagues.
2. Patient/customer care (both direct and indirect)
o Provide excellent standards of patient care, observations, preparing equipment and patients for treatment.
3. Carry out daily checks on appropriate equipment.
4. Assist in the restocking and ordering of supplies.
5. Resource management
o To work together with the Imaging teams to ensure effective use of resources.
6. People management
o Participate in the Trust’s appraisal and personal development plan /any necessary training as required.
7. Information management
o Use relevant IT systems in the support of patient care.
About us
Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ in February 2021 and is the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK and among the largest in Europe. We provide treatment for people with heart and lung disease, including rare and complex conditions, offering some of the most sophisticated treatment that is available anywhere in the world.
Our integrated approach to caring for patients from before birth, through childhood, adolescence, and into adulthood and old age has been replicated around the world and has gained Royal Brompton and Harefield an international reputation as a leader in heart and lung diagnosis, treatment, and research.
We are working in partnership with King’s Health Partners, to deliver our vision of creating a new centre of excellence, which will be the global leader in the research into and treatment of heart and lung disease, in patients from pre-birth to old age.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities, charitable bodies, and GPs.
We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe, and focused on our patients.
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