Healthcare Assistant
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Direct ATS application. Include measurable achievements and core keywords from the job description.
Initial recruiter screening → Hiring Manager interview → Role-specific practical assessment.
Compensation benchmarked against current UK market rates (GBP).
UK Right-to-Work verified for direct application.
Role Overview & Responsibilities
Healthcare Assistant Responsibilities:
- Ensuring that supplies and medical equipment are replenished.
- Improving the mobility of patients.
- Setting up equipment required by healthcare professionals.
- Taking the temperature, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels of patients, and recording the results.
- Recording the pulse rate of patients.
- Measuring patients' weight.
- Preparing patients for therapy.
- Making up beds, giving out bedpans, and collecting bedpans.
Healthcare Assistant Requirements:
- NVQ qualification in health and social care.
- Pass a medical check.
- Clear background check.
- Previous experience in a caring role, preferred.
- Previous medical experience is useful but not essential.
- The desire to work with all people, irrespective of background, race, or creed.
- Good communication skills.
- Good listening skills.
- Physically able to lift patients.
- A tactful and approachable personality.
About Greenstaff Medical:
Right Nurse, Right NowGreenstaff Medical is a specialist healthcare staffing agency who have been providing high quality talent across the UK since 2014.Our focus is supporting our clients with challenging last-minute staffing requirements. Our workforce is predominantly specialist Registered Nurses across a variety of specialist areas including, but not limited to, General, Mental Health, Paediatrics, Theatre, ITU and Accident & Emergency.We understand healthcare never stops, which is why Greenstaff Medical operates 24 hours per day, 365 days a year.Our recent audit outcome was Diamond Status and we are REC Members. We also hold the BSI ISO 9001 certification and CQC Registered.
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