Theatre Healthcare Assistant - Aspen Medical Centre

At Independent Health Group (IHG) we pride ourselves on the quality of care we offer our patients. All the work we undertake is for the NHS. We are looking for a Theatre Healthcare Assistant for our Gloucester service, based at Aspen Medical Centre. As a Healthcare Assistant, you will have a background and experience in theatre, outpatients or recovery., As a Theatre Healthcare Assistant (HCA) you will support the patient through their procedure, providing a high standard of individualised patient care as part of the clinical team. The HCA will attend to the peri-operative needs of the patients, under the direct management of a Registered Practitioner.

You will help maintain an environment that is conducive to the delivery of a high standard of individualised, holistic and safe patient care, and to the establishment of good communications between staff, patients and other visitors. We are looking for someone with previous theatre or hospital experience.

For more information or a discussion about this role please contact the recruitment team: inhg.ihgrecuitment@nhs.net. We regret that we are unable to sponsor working visa's at this time therefore applicants must have the right to work in the UK.

IHG were set up in 2004 by Dr Matthew Wordsworth with the aim of offering patients the choice of being treated out of hospital, closer to home. Matt wanted to create a new health care organisation in which like-minded health care professionals could deliver truly patient centred care. Our aim was to be a leading provider of community-based diagnostic and treatment services of the highest quality, where patients always come first.

This role is 25 hours per week, with hours worked between Monday and Friday, so there is no evening working, and nor do we operate on bank holidays.In addition to a competitive salary, Independent Health Group also offers 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays), a day off for your birthday, and a generous pension scheme., We work in a different kind of environment to that of an acute hospital setting. Our patients see the same clinician and are offered specific appointment times. Our staff work within small teams with plenty of time for patient contact. We provide services Monday to Friday, so there is no evening working, and nor do we operate on bank holidays. We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer. If your working hours need to be juggled round for you to achieve a good work-life balance, we will try to meet your needs.

We offer our staff an innovative, alternative way to delivering health care, have a very patient-centred approach with short waiting times for our patients, and you will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of a fantastic organisation, as well as the opportunity to develop your skills and knowledge in a surgical setting., £23,979.90 a year pro rata per annum plus 5% discretional bonus