As a Healthcare Assistant, you’ll work closely with the Outpatients team, and the wider multidisciplinary clinical members, to deliver safe, high‑quality and evidence‑based care. You’ll support patients with dignity and kindness whilst helping to ensure services run smoothly and efficiently.
Everyday will be varied, meaningful and patient‑focused, making this an ideal role for someone who enjoys teamwork, communication and hands‑on care.
What you’ll be doing
- Providing compassionate, safe and professional care to patients
- Supporting clinical staff with the delivery and evaluation of patient care plans
- Carrying out basic nursing procedures under appropriate supervision
- Undertaking and recording clinical observations accurately
- Maintaining clear, timely and confidential patient documentation
- Communicating effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
- Contributing to a positive and supportive outpatient team environment
- Following all policies relating to health and safety, infection control and governance
- Reporting incidents, accidents and near misses appropriately
About you
- You’ll be approachable, reliable and committed to delivering excellent care and patient experience.
- GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths and English.
- Previous experience working as a Healthcare Assistant.
- Competence in delivering basic clinical care and observations.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Healthcare Assistant qualification (NVQ Level 1, 2 or 3).
- Care Certificate.
- Experience taking patient medical histories.
- Dental and/or Ophthalmic experience.
Location: The McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead
Contract: Permanent, Full‑time
Salary: Up to £24,921.00 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications
Right to work in the UK – we will not be offering visa sponsorships. Candidates must demonstrate right to work independently.
We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.
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.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre‑employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken before appointment.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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