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Main area
Planned Care - Pre-Operative Assessment
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week (x 3 7.5 hour shifts)
Job ref
394-PCD-8260406NO
Employer
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Town
Uxbridge
Salary
£30,630 - £32,346 per annum inc HCAA pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/09/2026 23:59
Interview date
07/10/2026

Employer heading

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Heath Care Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

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The Trust only accepts applications made through this site, please register when you click APPLY at the end of this advertisement. The Trust is able to offer hospital accommodation, pension scheme, on-site nursery (through third party provider), together with salary sacrifice schemes (including child care vouchers, ride to work) and a range of national and local staff discounts (subject to availability).

Once a sufficient number of applications have been received the vacancy may be closed prior to the published closing down date.

We operate a joint recruitment hub across the North West London Acute Provider Collaborative Group. As part of this, your application and personal data may be shared with partner trusts within the group for recruitment and workforce purposes, in line with general data protection regulation (GDPR).”

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Job overview

Being responsible for running own clinic to obtain pre-operative investigations: Must be able to perform obs, bloods, ECG, MSU, height  / weight and MRSA screening. 

 

Assisting in ordering of non stock

Main duties of the job

Being responsible for running own clinic to obtain pre-operative investigations: Must be able to perform obs, bloods, ECG, MSU, height  / weight and MRSA screening. 

 

Assisting in ordering of non stock

Working for our organisation

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust’s services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this – particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,
community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitals
provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.

 

 

 

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a full list of role requirements and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Person Specification

Essential criteria
  • Completed Care Certificate or equivalent experience.
  • Bedside Emergency Assessment Course for HCA’s (BEACH) or willingness to undertake.
  • Awareness of risks, identifying them and alerting appropriate personnel
Desirable criteria
  • Level 2 or 3 Health Care qualification/apprenticeship, or completion of Band 3 Excellence in Care Competencies for existing Band 2 substantive HCSW
  • Experience of taking clinical observations
  • Competently perform a range if the core skills relevant to the area of speciality.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Leeanne Barnes
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
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