Healthcare Assistant - Reading

Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent, Day Shifts

Days: Monday to Sunday (covering up to 5 days per week) – Part-time hours available

Hours: 40 hours per week (including travel time). Approx. 10+ hour shift.

Locations include: Covering Reading, Frimley, Slough and Wexham

Salary: £22,500 + Overtime + 0.45p per mile

Own Car Required

*At this time we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship*

The Role

Are you currently a care assistant or looking to get into the Health and Social Care sector?

If so this role is for you!

HealthHarmonie is a community provider of outpatient services including Dermatology, Ophthalmology and Minor Surgery. We are looking to recruit an additional 3 Healthcare assistants to join our growing Reading Team based at Landmark Office Space, Green Park, to assist in the provision of outpatient community services. The key element of the role is to greet and chaperone patients during their appointments and provide administrative assistance to our group of medical professionals. There is no personal care involved in this role.

While your base location will be Landmark Office Space, Green Park you will be expected to travel to other Reading, Frimley, Slough and Wexham locations to provide community clinics. Routinely staff only travel to one site per day away from their base.

Responsibilities

As a Healthcare Assistant you will:

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  Set up clinic environment with required medical equipment
• Complete GDPR security check with patients
• Administrative support to medical professionals with patient paperwork (IT & Paper-based)
• Support clinical staff in the delivery of patient appointment
• Specimen delivery to a designated location
• Compliance with infection control procedures

Benefits

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  Training provided
• Salary incentive scheme increasing salary to £24,000 PA on completion of additional speciality training
• Quarterly Bonus of £250 for completion of objectives
• Mileage paid 0.45p per mile
• Paid travel time (when working away from base location)
• 20 days annual leave + 1 day for each year of service
• Overtime available
• NHS employee discounts
• Pension Scheme

** Please note that as we run a 7-day service you will be required to work 5 out of 7 days. Shift patterns are generally between 07:00/ 07:30 - 17:30/18:00. Some of the locations will include Reading, Frimley, Slough, and Wexham regions.

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