46 Healthcare jobs in Reading
Healthcare Technician
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Optegra has an exciting new job opportunity for an experienced Healthcare Technician or HCA (Band 3) with ward or theatre experience, ideally gained in Ophthalmology, to join our amazing and supportive team in our in our prestige private Guildford Eye Hospital. This is a great opportunity to join a growing and developing business and benefit from our fantastic fully funded training programs.
Company Overview
Optegra Eye Healthcare has been proudly recognised as one of 115 Best Big Places to Work 2025 as awarded by the Sunday Times . We are committed to creating an exceptional working environment where our people thrive. Join us and be part of a team that values your growth, wellbeing, and contribution every step of the way.
Benefits
We are rated as a ‘great place to work’ and here are some of our amazing benefits:
– Generous salary which is reviewed annually. This role pays up to £30K dependent on experience
– Generous matched pension contributions
– 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
– Flexible working and SMART working schemes – because we believe in work life balance
– Funded training and development – because we believe in our people
– Celebrating your anniversaries – because we value loyalty and commitment
– Annual STAR awards
– Blue Light Card (amazing discounts online and on the high street)
– Free laser eye treatment for you and 20% discount for friends and family
– Private Healthcare, 24/7 GP appointments, free Physio and counselling for your wellbeing
– Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
– Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
The Role
As part of a multi-disciplinary team with an emphasis on quality patient care, ensure a comprehensive level of care provision to all ophthalmic patients, their relatives, or carers, across clinical and some administrative disciplines.
Work alongside other clinical team members and optometrists for outpatient consultations and pre assessment of patients.
Key responsibilities:
- Hold accountability for the delivery of high quality patient care throughout their visit to Optegra.
- Work closely with clinical and patient services staff to ensure the smooth running of operating lists.
- Completing diagnostic testing on patients in clinic, including Biometry, OCT, AScan, Visual fields, Pentacam, VA, IOP, Topography.
- Actively support and assist patients on surgery days ensuring effective communication.
- Handling patient enquiries effectively, by means of referral to a medical practitioner if necessary and providing service excellence.
- Provide basic advice on health promotion, with particular reference to ophthalmic surgery.
- Provide pre and postoperative care, within level of competence, to patients.
Requirements
- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent
- Experience of working in a healthcare environment or ophthalmic sector
- Basic Life Support competent
- Highly organised, with clear forward planning and ability to flex according to patients needs
- Attention to details and ability to work under pressure
If this sounds like you, please get in touch with us by applying for the role.
You’ll see and feel the Optegra difference when you walk through the door – and you’ll have every opportunity to really make a difference. Take a look at our history and vision by clicking the following link:
Optegra is proud to be an inclusive business where you can enjoy the career you want, without changing the person you are. We’re welcoming to all, working together as a supportive team, respecting the uniqueness of every individual we work with.
Closing date: Please get your application to us as soon as possible. We may close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Independent EAP Counsellor (Windsor, UK)
Posted 12 days ago
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Clinical Deputy Manager
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Clinical Deputy Manager
Oakcroft House Care Home, Oakcroft Road, West Byfleet KT14 6JG. Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.7 / 10.
Up to £57,002 - Depending on experience.
Permanent - 42 hours per week.
12 Hours would be working on the floor 8am-8pm shift, (30 hours supernumerary*).
Monday to Friday
Occasional night visits or weekend work may be required.
Welcome Bonus- £000**
We make health happen.
Here at Bupa, we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence, and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. Oakcroft Care Bupa Care Home, deal with several facilities like residential, nursing care, palliative care, respite and short stays and recovery post-op or after illness, & Parkinson’s.
Oakcroft House celebrates an Employee of the Month, fostering a culture of appreciation and motivation, it’s not just a facility; it’s a vibrant community where a great team of nurses and a dedicated head of care ensure that every resident feels supported and valued. The Home manager Laxmi has a clinical background and healthcare experience and been with Bupa just over 3 years, we also have a number of long-standing staff 20 years plus.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
· Overseeing and assisting all aspects of nursing care/activities within the home.
· With the help of your team, you’ll create and update individual care plans for our residents, maintaining clear, accurate and up-to-date medication records. · You’ll ensure adequate staffing is always maintained within the home.
· Provide day to day support and guidance to the team - promoting our residents' independence, choice, and dignity.
· You’ll build lasting relationships with the residents and the people they care about, as well as caring about the home itself - fostering a sense of community.
· Creating and developing strong relationships with local partners, you will liaise with these partners, playing an important role in raising the care home’s profile in the local area and beyond.
· Key Skills and Qualifications Required: · You hold a valid UK NMC pin and stay committed to the NMC Codes of Conduct & professional development.
· You understand the impact of quality nursing care on residents’ lives, promoting independence, choice, and dignity.
· You stay up to date with tissue viability, infection control, and care planning.
· You can build relationships, lead, mentor, and manage a team effectively.
· You are excellent at prioritising tasks and working efficiently as a compassionate team player.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
· My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7
· Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
· Free meal on every sh t
· 33 days holiday
· Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays, and money!
· Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
· Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
· We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site.
· Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site.
· Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health.
· Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
· We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring, and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
* Shift patterns may be subject to change dependant on the needs of the business.
** Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI. T&Cs Apply.
*Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI.
Independent EAP Counsellor (High Wycombe, UK)
Posted 12 days ago
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Location: High Wycombe HP 11-HP15 | Self-Employed | ⏰ Flexibility to manage your own calendar |
Healthcare Technician
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Project Director - Healthcare Construction (Construction Consultancy Experience)
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Healthcare Development Manager (UK&I) - Rapid Diagnostics
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Join Abbott Rapid Diagnostics - Infectious Disease business, a world leader in point-of-care testing.
**The Opportunity**
As part of our continued investment in team growth, we are recruiting for a brand new position, a **Healthcare Development Manager** **(UK & Ireland)** to join our Rapid Diagnostics - Infectious Disease team **.**
As a Market Access Specialist, you will report to the Market Access Manager to lead national and local market access initiatives within its Infectious Diseases business unit. A key focus of this role is to expand access to rapid diagnostic testing across primary care, community-based settings, and emergency care pathways. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing strategies that secure reimbursement and adoption of Abbott's diagnostic solutions across the UK & Ireland healthcare systems.
**What You'll Do**
+ Build and maintain strong relationships with key external payers and influencers, acting as the primary point of contact.
+ Engage with stakeholders across ICBs, place-based partnerships, and neighbourhood teams to understand local priorities and tailor access strategies accordingly.
+ Collaborate cross-functionally to develop and submit reimbursement dossiers, present health economic evidence, and support funding applications.
+ Define and implement clear pathways to product adoption, working with local payers to ensure evidence supports clinical and economic value.
+ Support the creation of localized payer engagement tools and translate clinical and economic evidence into actionable materials for use in key accounts.
+ Work closely with marketing, medical affairs, and commercial teams to ensure consistent value communication and alignment across all payer-facing activities.
This is a regional field-based role with a lot of travelling anticipated (40%) within the UK & Ireland with occasional overnight stays.
**Required qualifications/Profile**
+ Degree in healthcare/business areas would be a plus
+ In-depth knowledge of NHS structures, including ICBs and local commissioning processes.
+ Experience in UK market access, with a strong network of payer and NHS stakeholders would be an asset.
+ Proven success in securing funding and reimbursement for diagnostic solutions.
+ Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
+ Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project leadership capabilities.
+ Ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects.
As you'd expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance and a flexible benefits scheme.
Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare.
With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it's next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call or email
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Clinical Data Management Lead
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+ Serve as primary point of contact for customer on data management deliverables
+ Manage multiple large studies or program of studies (possibly global)
+ Provide leadership and senior support to DTLs on multiple large global programs of global studies
+ Provide project management expertise working with customer data managers, key decision makers, and internal team members to manage continuous process improvements, issue escalation, workload projections, and provide technical expertise
+ Lead direct negotiations with customer, e.g., timelines, financial, process, resources
+ Meet with Data Operations team members on a regular basis to ensure milestones meet timelines and quality deliverables
+ Independently manage DM service delivery with comprehensive DM process and technical expertise in executing projects
+ Serve as the escalation point for unresolved data issues
+ Ensure appropriate resources are assigned to meet project deliverables
+ Create and/or review and sign-off on all data management plan (DMP) documents
+ Manage service performance and provide leadership to identify root causes of issues and implement remedial actions
+ Serve as Subject Matter Expert (SME)
+ Provide leadership and expertise in a specific CDM task or technology
+ Independently manage SOW/budget
+ Independently bring process improvements and solutions to the CDM team/CDM department
+ Lead a focus team or global or local best practice team
+ Provide review and expert opinion in developing, revising, and maintaining core operating procedures and work instructions
**REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**
+ Previous experience and proven competence in managing delivery of multiple global trials through full DM life-cycle (i.e. large trials of at least 1000 patients)
+ Demonstrated expert data management skills and advanced knowledge of the data management process (e.g., therapeutic area, extensive knowledge in DM processes, SAE reconciliation, external data vendor reconciliation)
+ Previous experience and proven competence in handling complex customer negotiations and bid defense meetings independently
+ Knowledge of Medical Terminology, Pharmacology, Anatomy, and/or Physiology
+ Knowledge of operating procedures and work instructions and the ability to apply them in practice
+ Knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and relevant regulatory guidelines
+ Excellent communication, interpersonal, customer service, and teamwork skills
+ Excellent organizational and problem-solving skills
+ Excellent project management skills
+ Ability to work independently
+ Comprehensive understanding of clinical drug development process
+ Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, managers and customers
**MINIMUM REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
+ Bachelor's Degree, or educational equivalent, in health, clinical, biological or mathematical sciences, or related field
+ Around 7 years direct Data Management experience, including 5 or more years as a CDM project lead; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create connections that accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments. Everything we do is part of a journey to improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide.
To get there, we seek out diverse talent with curious minds and a relentless commitment to innovation and impact. No matter your role, everyone at IQVIA contributes to our shared goal of helping customers improve the lives of patients everywhere. Thank you for your interest in growing your career with us.
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Health Systems Engagement Lead
Posted 9 days ago
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South East England (excluding London)
Are you ready to shape the future of healthcare partnerships?
Boehringer Ingelheim is seeking a strategic and dynamic Health Systems Engagement Lead (HSEL) to drive long-term collaborations with senior NHS leaders, aligning our innovative Human Pharma portfolio with regional healthcare priorities.
**TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES**
+ Strategic Leadership: Develop and deliver a strategic account plans aligned with NHS priorities and BI's commercial goals.
+ Customer Engagement: Build trusted relationships with senior healthcare stakeholders, delivering tailored value propositions and driving system-level change.
+ Cross-functional Coordination: Lead internal teams across therapy areas, market access, and policy to ensure unified, agile support for account plans.
+ Market Access & System Impact: Shape propositions that support health improvement and optimal access to BI medicines, aligned with national policy (e.g., NHS Long Term Plan).
+ Commercial Excellence: Own account performance, exceed targets, and secure investment to accelerate growth.
**REQUIREMENTS**
+ Proven strategic and commercial acumen, with leadership experience in healthcare or pharma.
+ Deep understanding of the UK NHS landscape, patient pathways, and regional healthcare systems.
+ Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across internal and external networks.
+ Experience in account management, market access, and cross-functional team leadership.
+ ABPI (UK) or MRII (Ireland) qualification and a valid driving licence.
**Skills & Experience**
+ Submission of business proposals and business case submission
+ Key Account Management processes and theories
+ Ability to understand and articulate financial models relevant to key stakeholders alongside recent practical experience.
+ Digital proficiency ability to embrace technological change.
+ Demonstrable commercial acumen with the ability to identify opportunities, prioritise based on potential and realise them to the benefit of patients and BI UK.
+ Ability to build customer advocacy through knowledge, experience and credibility
+ Strategic awareness and performance orientation
+ Proven ability to innovate, to take idea to implementation
**Minimum Education/Degree Requirements**
Degree level education or equivalent experience
ABPI (UK) / MRII (Ireland) qualification
Driving licence
**Why Join Us?**
Be part of a purpose-driven organisation committed to improving patient outcomes.
Lead impactful partnerships that shape the future of healthcare delivery.
Collaborate with passionate teams in a values-led, innovative environment.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to a person's actual or perceived race, including natural hairstyles, hair texture and protective hairstyles; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; citizenship status, marital status; gender, gender identity or expression; sexual orientation, mental, physical or intellectual disability, veteran status; pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other class or characteristic protected by applicable law.
Project Director - Healthcare Construction (Construction Consultancy Experience)
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CPC is an independent project and cost management consultancy, providing the best technical expertise in delivering infrastructure, property and transformational change projects that are improving people’s lives both at work and at home.
Our people are dedicated to meeting our clients’ needs, unified by a core set of values and behaviours that bring the right knowledge, experience and a fresh approach to unlocking every project’s full potential.
Location: Oxford
Role: Fulltime, permanent
This is a great opportunity to join our growing Property & Construction team in Oxford. You will have the opportunity to get involved in project delivery of new build and refurbishment projects within various sectors, including Health, Education, Science & Technology.
Relevant skills and experience:
- Experience of working on a range of new build / refurbishment projects within the Health Sector (Essential)
- Experience working on large scale projects, £20m+ (essential)
- Experience working in a Programme Manager / Project Director role (Essential)
- Experience working for a Project Management Consultancy (essential)
- Membership with the APM, RICS, CIOB or similar project management body (beneficial)
- Experience managing projects throughout the entire project life cycle (all RIBA stages) (Essential)
- Relevant project management qualification
CPC - Big enough to deliver - small enough to care
In addition to a competitive salary, CPC Project Services Ltd provides comprehensive benefits, including private pension, private healthcare, holidays, training and development, personal performance- based bonus and annual salary review.
CPC is an equal opportunities employer and as a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled individuals and provide various opportunities for career development in an inclusive environment.
We recognise and value the diversity of our people and are committed to developing working practices which will allow every person to contribute to our business and achieve their career aspirations.
2023 Small to Medium Enterprise of the Year Award Association for Project Management (APM)
2023 and 2024 Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over) - Building Awards
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