Pre Assessment Healthcare Assistant
- NHS
- Full Time
- St John's Wood
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate PreAssessment Healthcare Assistant (Band 3) to join our dynamic PreAssessment Unit. This is a key frontline role supporting patients through their preoperative journey, ensuring they receive safe, efficient, and highquality care before surgery.
Main duties of the job
You will play an essential part in running our onestop clinics, carrying out clinical investigations, coordinating patient tests, and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HCA with strong clinical skills who thrives in a fastpaced, patientcentred environment.
About us
Located in leafy St Johns Wood on the Jubilee line, minutes from Central London, our independent private Hospital has just been rated the number one in the country for care in the latest Bupa survey. Uniquely, all profits fund our onsite Hospice, St Johns.
Job responsibilities
- Clinical investigations including ECGs, phlebotomy, swabs, and baseline observations.
- Running onestop preassessment clinics autonomously.
- Coordinating home test kits and guiding patients through required swabs.
- Managing external test results and uploading to Lifebox/iPMS.
- Ensuring equipment safety through daily checks and cleaning.
- Providing patient support with empathy, reassurance, and clear communication.
- Maintaining accurate records and ensuring confidentiality at all times.
- Upholding infection prevention standards and hospital policies.
- Participating in audits and contributing to continuous improvement.
- Representing the department in relevant hospital committees when required.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experienced in clinical environments, particularly with preoperative investigations.
- Competent in ECGs, phlebotomy, and swabbing.
- Able to work independently and manage a busy workload.
- An excellent communicator with strong written and verbal skills.
- Computer literate (Word, Outlook, EPOA, Lifebox, iPMS).
- Flexible and willing to work internal rotation including weekends.
- Motivated, enthusiastic, and committed to delivering outstanding patient care
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.
Employer details
Employer name
The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth
Address
60 Grove End Road
St John's Wood
London
NW8 9NH
United Kingdom
