Health Care Assistant - Oldham Community Diagnostic Centre

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the Community Diagnostic Centre team. This team plays a vital role in revolutionising the way diagnostics are delivered across the NCA.

Community Diagnostic Centres (CDCs) deliver additional, digitally connected, diagnostic capacity in England, providing patients with a coordinated set of diagnostic tests in settings located within their community, in as few visits as possible, enabling an accurate and fast diagnosis on a range of clinical pathways., As a Health Care Assistant, you will work closely with the CDC qualified nurses and unit manager. You will assist the team in maintaining a safe and effective environment. You will utilise clinical skills and judgement whilst assisting with the patient care across several pathways such as cancer diagnostic services, naso-endoscopy clinics, and routine scan appointments.

Other duties include -

Assisting the Health Care practitioner to carry out routine health related activities.

You will record patient information and provide clinical support as required to help ensure the efficient and effective running of the work area, including delegated tasks such as recording physiological observations, recording blood glucose, undertaking ECG, venepuncture and cannulation.

You will provide excellent customer service to all internal and external customers.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.