Healthcare assistant

Job summary

This vacancy is offered on a permanent basis for 24 hours per week

Work under supervision of qualified staff, utilising your knowledge and skills to deliver excellent patient care within an Outpatient setting

To engage with all service users, patients and other teams within the Hospital setting.

To develop your skills to meet the demands and diversity in the department.

Outpatients is a small team and requires staff to be flexible to meet service delivery.

Main duties of the job

• To Participate in the smooth running of clinics within OPD department on day-to-day basis
• Responsible for working with colleague, mangers to provide a safe and welcoming environment for patients and Staff
• To adhere to Trust policies and procedures and employment Law
• Communication effectively within the team, with patients and wider service users
• To maintain good, documented records, electronically or written, to ensure safety of information and storage as covered in Trust Polices
• To use equipment safety and appropriately once training completed.
• To be trained in the trust and departmental Moving and Handling requirements
• To have awareness of waste management, disposal universal precautions health and safety and infection control policies

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

13 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

327-26-343

Job locations

Cirencester Hospital

Tetbury Road

Cirencester

GL7 1UX

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