Healthcare Assistant

Suffolk GP Federation; Landseer; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit healthcare organization is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for its Lung Cancer Screening Service. The successful candidate will conduct patient assessments, deliver health checks, and work collaboratively within a supportive team. With a focus on community health care, this permanent role offers competitive salaries, flexible working conditions, and opportunities for personal development.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Personal development and training budgets

Cycle to work scheme

Death in service cover

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Blue light card employer discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience of community outreach or public health initiatives.
• Familiarity with Lung Cancer Screening objectives is advantageous.
• Ability to adapt and work sensitively with diverse populations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct telephone risk assessments with patients for lung cancer likelihood.
• Refer high-risk patients to nurses for potential low dose CT scans.
• Deliver NHS health checks in community settings across Suffolk.

Skills

Community outreach

Public health initiatives

Sensitivity with diverse populations

Microsoft Office Applications

Job description

We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join us on a permanent basis, working in our Lung Cancer Screening Service. The successful candidate will also be trained to deliver NHS Health Checks and will support during periods of leave.

What is the role?

• You will be joining a team focussed on delivering early diagnostics and preventative healthcare.
• You’ll conduct telephone risk assessments with patients to establish their likelihood of developing lung cancer.
• For patients deemed high risk, you will pass these on to our nurses to review and potentially refer for a low dose CT scan.
• You’ll work alongside a team of fellow HCAs and nurses to deliver these health screening services.
• You’ll primarily be based in Felixstowe when completing Lung Cancer Screening but may be required to travel across various locations in Suffolk, delivering NHS health checks to members of the public in community settings.

Lung Cancer Screening is delivered by Suffolk GP Federation. We are a not-for-profit, community interest company and our main purpose is to support Primary Care across Suffolk, including support with working collaboratively and at scale. We also deliver a portfolio of NHS services across Suffolk and North East Essex, including Podiatry, Ultrasound, Diabetes, as well as Urgent Care Services including the Out of Hours face-to-face Service in Suffolk.

Is it for me?

We will work alongside the successful candidate to ensure they are sufficiently inducted and trained; there will be regular constructive supervision in place. It is important to us that you feel safe and supported in the role.

• You’ll ideally have previous experience of community outreach or public health initiatives, and will be familiar with Lung Cancer Screening and its objectives.
• You will have previous experience of Microsoft Office Applications, and Rota Systems.
• You’ll be able to adapt, and will have sensitivity when working with diverse populations.

Contract type: This is a permanent agile contract, working primarily at Felixstowe but may include some travel across various locations in Suffolk and Waveney.

What we can offer you:

• A strong ethos of flexible working, to help us maintain (or reclaim) that work/life balance.
• Innovative teams who strive in forward thinking, with a voice that is heard.
• A visible and supportive management team, with operational support that ‘get it’
• Excellent IT teams & support giving us first class equipment and ‘no wait’ responses
• A commitment to personal development, training, and leadership opportunities, with service-managed training budgets
• Cycle to work scheme
• Death in service cover
• Competitive salaries with annual benchmarking
• 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays) on starting, rising to 29 days (plus bank holidays) after 5 years’ service
• Blue light card employer – Access to the discount service with thousands of discounts online and on the high street.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.