Health Care Assistant

The Methodist Church in Britain; Leeds; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is seeking a part-time Healthcare Assistant to join the GP practice nursing team. You will support primary care services alongside GPs and nurses, focusing on long-term condition assessments, NHS health checks, wound care, ECGs and venepuncture, with careful patient observation recording.

Working across two sites with morning sessions, you will require a phlebotomy qualification and prior healthcare assistant experience in primary care to deliver high-quality

Qualifications

• Requires phlebotomy qualification and prior healthcare assistant experience in primary care.
• GCSEs in English and Maths (A-C) are required.

Responsibilities

• Carry out long-term condition initial assessment reviews.
• Carry out NHS health checks.
• Carry out hypertension reviews.
• Provide wound care and wound checks.
• Perform ECGs.
• Perform venepuncture.
• Record patient observations (BP, pulse, height, weight, BMI).
• Provide lifestyle advice and health promotion.
• Document accurately within the clinical system.
• Work with GPs, nurses and multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain infection prevention and control standards.
• Assist clinical staff in treatment and preventative care.

Skills

Long-term reviews

Hypertension reviews

Wound care

Venepuncture

Communication skills

Patient care

IT skills

Teamwork

Education

GCSE English & Maths

Phlebotomy qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Spirometry

Doppler

Job description

This is a part-time Healthcare Assistant post within the nursing team of a GP practice, delivering primary care services alongside GPs and nurses. The work centres on long-term condition assessments, NHS health checks, hypertension reviews, wound care, ECGs and venepuncture, with recording of patient observations. Four morning sessions a week are split across two sites, and the practice is a teaching and training practice. A phlebotomy qualification and prior healthcare assistant experience in primary care are required.

What the job involves

• Carry out long-term condition initial assessment reviews
• Carry out NHS health checks
• Carry out hypertension reviews
• Provide wound care and wound checks
• Perform ECGs
• Perform venepuncture
• Record patient observations including blood pressure, pulse, height, weight and BMI
• Provide lifestyle advice and health promotion
• Document accurately within the clinical system
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team
• Maintain infection prevention and control standards
• Assist clinical staff in treatment, preventative care and patient education

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A-C in English and Maths
• Phlebotomy qualification

Experience

• Previous healthcare assistant experience within a GP practice or primary care setting

Skills & knowledge

• Experience of long-term condition initial assessment reviews, hypertension reviews, wound care and wound checks, and venepuncture
• Excellent communication and patient care skills
• Good IT skills
• Working independently and as part of a team

Nice to have

• Experience of SystmOne
• Spirometry
• Doppler assessments
• Experience of NHS health checks and ECGs