Clinical Services Paediatric Outpatient Health Care Assistant

Paediatric Outpatient Health Care Assistant

Location
Cromwell Hospital London
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Full Time
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Job Description:

Healthcare Assistant (Paediatrics)

Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU

Full time- 37.5 hours per week

Paying from £30,445 - £31,995 per annum dependent on experience

Role Overview:

We are looking for an experienced healthcare assistant who is an enthusiastic individual with an interest in healthcare to join us on a permanent basis at Bupa's flagship hospital. This is a dual role which includes completing healthcare assistant skills, which involves caring for patients and assisting the nurses with the smooth running of the department.

As a healthcare assistant you will join the Skyline Children and Young Peoples outpatient's department, seeing a wide variety of patients ranging from medical admissions, neurophysiology testing and a wide variety of surgical admissions. You will gain experience caring for children and young people across a wide range of specialties whilst here with the support of an extensive MDT team including paediatric therapists and health play specialists.

What you'll do:

  • To work closely with the ward nurses and be a patient advocate helping to deliver exceptional care that is centred in their needs and their families.
  • You will be prioritizing patient care needs, be able to spot an unwell child and complete a comprehensive assessment and escalate according.
  • Adhering to the hospitals infection control measures and promoting these within the team.
  • Support the consultants in collaboration with the nurses.
  • Welcome and receive patients, relatives, visitors and colleagues to the unit.
  • Accompany patients and families between departments.
  • Assist patients with eating, drinking, patient hygiene and elimination procedures.
  • Assist with observations, being able to spot an unwell child and complete a comprehensive assessment and escalate accordingly to the nursing/ medical team.

What you'll bring:

  • Experience as a Healthcare Assistant (essential)
  • NVQ in health and social care or Care Certificate
  • Experience working with children is essential
  • Basic Life Support Trained (desirable)
  • Have a desire to develop both professionally and personally
  • NVQ Level 2 (Direct Patient Care) or equivalent
  • Excellent team player
  • Understanding of safeguarding best practice and awareness of relevant child protection legislation

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing.

We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

  • Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
  • Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
  • An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
  • Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work
  • Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass
  • Various family friendly benefits
  • Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work
  • Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Time Type:

Full time

Job Area:

Clinical Services

Locations:

Cromwell Hospital London

Paediatric Outpatient Health Care Assistant

Location
Cromwell Hospital London
Location
Full Time
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Cromwell
Hospital

At Cromwell Hospital, we have a great team of determined and loyal health care professionals. We’re continually investing in the world’s most advanced diagnostic and treatment technologies. That's why patients choose to come to us from across the UK, and more than 100 other countries around the world.

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Our
purpose

Bupa’s purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We do this by providing a broad range of healthcare services, support and advice to people throughout their lives. People are at the heart of everything we do. Together, we make health happen.

Our
values

Every company needs an ethos, and we're no different. Through good days and challenging times, we always work with our values in mind. These are: Brave - Make new possibilities happen. Caring - Act with empathy and respect. Responsible - Own your decisions and actions.

We don't have shareholders at Bupa, which means we're free to invest our profits where they matter: our patients, our facilities, our research, and you. 

As a healthcare provider, we have a duty to do the right thing. By our customers, our people and our partners. The Bupa Code holds us to this duty. It's our promise to protect, care for, and build trust with everyone who relies on us.

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Free to be
you

Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. 

You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.Free
to be you.

Back in September 2018, we made a pledge. That we'd do whatever we could to make Bupa a diverse, kind and inclusive place to work.

Everyone deserves a positive working environment. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves freedom from bullying, harassment and discrimination.

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Paediatric Outpatient Health Care Assistant

Location
Cromwell Hospital London
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Full Time
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