Senior Healthcare Assistant
| Posting date: | 20 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £24,937.00 to £26,598.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24937.00 - £26598.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 February 2026 |
| Location: | Brigton, BN2 5BE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9279-26-0088 |
Summary
Welcome patients and visitors, direct specific enquiries to nursing or medical staff. To welcome patients in for their treatment appointment, record their weight, and carry out and record vital signs, ensuring any abnormalities are escalated to the nursing staff. To assist the nursing/medical staff with procedures To procure and safely send off clinical specimens as required by the nurse or doctor Access patient transport systems and track progress Maintain infection control and assist with a weekly cleaning schedule. To be actively involved in delivering a high standard of individual holistic patient care to promote and maintain all aspects of their physical, social, cultural and psychological needs. Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details. For this role it is essential that you have previous NHS or NHS primary care experience with a Care Certificate from an Ofqual regulated awarding organisation. Or that you are an internationally educated nurse/midwife/doctor who has worked in an acute hospital setting within recent years with evidence of your degree verified by an ENIC report. Please ensure to attach your Care Certificate and/or ENIC report to your application as this will be required for interview.