Health Care Assistant (HCA)

We have a newly-created bank role for Healthcare Assistants in our community dermatology team. This is a great opportunity to play a key part in the day to day running of our clinics, supporting both patients and the nursing team. We are looking for Health Care Assistants to join our team of zero hour remote clinicians. This role is ideal for Health Care Assistants looking for a flexible role., We are committed to being equitable and supporting the wellbeing of all employees.

• We are a Mindful Employer


• Our status as a Disability Confident Leader dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.


• Our Ethnicity Matters Scheme where all applicants for senior roles (£40,000+) from a minority ethnic group that meet the essential criteria will be invited for interview.


• Our Gender Matters Scheme where all women applicants for senior roles (£60,000+) that meet the essential criteria will be invited to interview.


• Our sign up to the Armed Forces Covenant.


• Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.


• Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.


• Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).


• Access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues including Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.


• An embedded "speaking up" culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.


• Treating transgender individuals with dignity and recognising the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at hr@vhg.co.uk to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.


Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you need in the application or interview process please contact recruitment@vhg.co.uk and we will facilitate.

Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check.

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Vita Health Group is an award-winning healthcare provider and our new community dermatology service does things differently! We recognise the overall effect of chronic conditions and run our service to offer treatment addressing both the physical and mental impact on our patients' health.

You should have experience working within a primary care, community or hospital healthcare setting and good knowledge of using electronic patient recording systems backed up by an NVQ/QCF in Health & Social care. Alongside this you should enjoy operating in an innovative. Positive and agile environment amongst like-minded colleagues and be driven by providing first-class patient care.

Our dermatology service is run from sites across the community, with multi-room clinics that support MDT working. Telephone and video consultations are also part of our core offering, giving flexibility to our team to work from home.

All staff are provided with first in class IT equipment, with access to secure and stable patient administration systems that are user friendly, enabling our clinical team to focus on their clinical role, knowing they have all the tools they need.

Why Vita Health Group?

Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do. Now part of Spire Healthcare Group plc we have been providing physical and mental health services for over 30 years. We work in partnership with the NHS, are engaged by insurers and some of the UK's largest corporate companies to support their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.

To achieve our mission of Making People Better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. We are an award-winning employer recently recognised nationally as "Best Company to Work for" at the Health and Wellbeing Awards 2024.

This is also recognised by current employees - our most recent Employee Survey results showed the top 5 reasons to work here as being:

• Supportive team and management


• Positive work environment


• Wellbeing and mental health support


• Trust and respect


• Autonomy and flexibility
  
  We are keen to progress your skills and enable career development and provide regular Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme, apprenticeships and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers