Health Care Assistant

We are looking for someone who is passionate about health care. We have a fantastic opportunity for a health care assistant to join our hard-working passionate team. This HCA role is different from others, you are there to support the clinical staff with taking bloods, observations and you will be trained in plaster and many more learnt skills will be on offer.

The role is fast paced, working across two of our hubs; our urgent care centre in Ormskirk and the walk-in centre in Skelmersdale. The role requires full time hours (37.5) with the flexibility across 7 days a week and hours of 8am to 8.30pm.

• To support and assist the clinical team in the provision of a high standard of care to our patients in an Urgent Treatment Centre eg patient present with minor illness, minor injuries, dressings, phlebotomy requirements.
• To maintain clear and comprehensive, signed and contemporaneous records according to VCL procedures.
• To be an effective member of the Multidisciplinary Team carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in the support of the clinical team.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for people and helping others. It is a great opportunity for someone wanting to get involved in the clinical side of health care. Experience in this role is welcomed but not essential. You must be able to work effectively under instruction or as part of a collaborative team.

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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As a Healthcare Assistant, you’ll be part of our valued team in the Urgent Care Services in Ormskirk and Skelmersdale.

You will feel valued as a Healthcare Assistant within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £21,000 salary with group pension

• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission