Senior Healthcare Assistant - Gynaecology Outpatients
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 July 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR29HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7171751/438-PB3031 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Gynaecology Outpatients department for a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join our team. We have two posts available, one 3 days / 22.5 hours and one 4 days / 30 hours per week.
This is a busy and dynamic area, which hosts various Gynaecology clinics specialising in a variety of areas such as general gynaecology, endometriosis, post-menopausal bleeding, oncology, uro-gynaecology and pregnancy termination services. The department hosts 3 procedure rooms where Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy clinics are carried out daily.
The Senior Healthcare Assistant is pivotal to the excellent and compassionate care that we deliver to our patients. We are looking for a motivated, organised and experienced person to join our team. Gynaecology experience is preferred, but not essential.
In return for your commitment and hard work, we will invest in you providing training to work in all aspects of the department and gain experience in working in Womens’ Health. This is a varied MDT, where all roles are valued and celebrated. You will have the chance to work alongside these professions to develop themselves.
***Please note that this role does not qualify for international sponsorship***
The Senior Healthcare Assistant holds personal responsibility for the care of patients within their care. They will be responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients under the guidance and supervision of the team leader/nurse in charge including:
• Assisting in the safe collection and transportation of samples for histology, biochemistry and pathology.
• Assisting in the Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy rooms.
• Acting as chaperone in general gynaecology clinics.
• Completion of observations and venepuncture.
• Rotation and ordering of stock within the department
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of
Duties include, but will not be limited to:
• Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards
• Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
• Assisting in the Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy rooms.
• Acting as chaperone in general gynaecology clinics.
• Completion of observations and venepuncture.
• Rotation and ordering of stock within the department
• Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
• Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness
• Maintain and develop own competence
• Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then Report the outcome to line manager
• Record keeping
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Jul 2025
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Gynaecology Outpatients department for a Senior Healthcare Assistant to join our team. We have two posts available, one 3 days / 22.5 hours and one 4 days / 30 hours per week.
This is a busy and dynamic area, which hosts various Gynaecology clinics specialising in a variety of areas such as general gynaecology, endometriosis, post-menopausal bleeding, oncology, uro-gynaecology and pregnancy termination services. The department hosts 3 procedure rooms where Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy clinics are carried out daily.
The Senior Healthcare Assistant is pivotal to the excellent and compassionate care that we deliver to our patients. We are looking for a motivated, organised and experienced person to join our team. Gynaecology experience is preferred, but not essential.
In return for your commitment and hard work, we will invest in you providing training to work in all aspects of the department and gain experience in working in Womens’ Health. This is a varied MDT, where all roles are valued and celebrated. You will have the chance to work alongside these professions to develop themselves.
***Please note that this role does not qualify for international sponsorship***
The Senior Healthcare Assistant holds personal responsibility for the care of patients within their care. They will be responsible for providing a range of personalised care for patients under the guidance and supervision of the team leader/nurse in charge including:
• Assisting in the safe collection and transportation of samples for histology, biochemistry and pathology.
• Assisting in the Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy rooms.
• Acting as chaperone in general gynaecology clinics.
• Completion of observations and venepuncture.
• Rotation and ordering of stock within the department
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of
Duties include, but will not be limited to:
• Provide good quality personalised care in accordance with agreed local and national standards
• Take samples from patients for testing or dispatching eg: Urine, sputum, faeces, MRSA swabs, blood sugars
• Assisting in the Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy rooms.
• Acting as chaperone in general gynaecology clinics.
• Completion of observations and venepuncture.
• Rotation and ordering of stock within the department
• Assist to maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Assist in maintaining standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals
• Contribute to maintaining safe, clean, and productive care environment, compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness
• Maintain and develop own competence
• Actively try to resolve issues and complaints at local level and then Report the outcome to line manager
• Record keeping
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Jul 2025