Bank Healthcare Assistant - Theatre

Spire Nottingham Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Theatre Healthcare Assistant to join the bank team. Our vision is to be recognised as a world class healthcare business bringing together the best people who are dedicated to developing excellent clinical environments and delivering the highest quality patient care.

Duties and responsibilities:

• To assist the multi-disciplinary operating team to provide exemplary care by offering a timely portering service.
• The service will include escorting patients between ward, departments and theatre suite; transporting equipment, medical records, meals, specimens and linen; moving furniture.
• Routine tasks related to patient’s health and well being.
• Production and communication of information and knowledge.
• Contribute to own personal development.
• Assist in maintaining own and others' health and safety and security.
• Assist in maintaining and developing services.
• Ensure own actions help to maintain quality.
• Ensure own actions support equality, diversity and rights.
• Move patients, surgical equipment and goods.
• Acknowledge the risk of Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) and understand own responsibility as agreed with line manager in the prevention and control of HCAI.

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience of acting under instruction.
• Working as part of a team.
• Experience of working as a porter or another caring role based in a clinical environment.
• General portering abilities.
• Moving and handling competence.
• Caring for others.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Initiative and ownership.
• Pride and enthusiasm.

Bank colleagues are paid weekly. We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave.

Additional benefits include:

• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park.
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension.
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts.
• Smartspending discounts (in addition to Blue Light discounts) via 'Spire for You'.
• Wellbeing Centre access via 'Spire for You'.
• Free uniform.
• Free DBS.
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates.
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts.
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire's specialist Resourcing Team.

Our Values:

• We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:
• Driving clinical excellence.
• Doing the right thing.
• Caring is our passion.
• Keeping it simple.
• Succeeding and celebrating together.

We commit to our employees' well-being through work life balance, ongoing development, support and reward. Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

Spire Healthcare are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive culture for all. Our people are our difference; it’s their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

For us, it’s more than just treating patients; it’s about looking after people.