Health Care Assistant

Rochdale Health Alliance; Littleborough; Presencial; GBP 17.000 - 22.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Littleborough Group Practice is seeking an experienced Healthcare Assistant or Health Care Practitioner to join our nursing team on a fixed-term basis. The role is 15–20 hours per week, on Mondays and Tuesdays. Initial 3-month contract with a view to extend for a further 6 months; long-term locum option available.

The practice has around 8,500 patients and a multi-disciplinary team. You will assist with NHS Health Checks, hypertension reviews, phlebotomy and EMIS data entry, contributing to

Formación

• Minimum 12 months experience as HCA or Health Care Practitioner in General Practice.
• Experience carrying out NHS Health Checks and hypertension reviews.
• Competent in phlebotomy, ECGs and blood pressure measurement.
• Good working knowledge of QOF.
• Confident EMIS Web user.

Responsabilidades

• Carry out NHS Health Checks.
• Carry out hypertension reviews with BP monitoring and follow-up.
• Support diabetes reviews with bloods, weight, BMI and foot checks.
• Phlebotomy for routine and monitoring bloods.
• ECGs, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis and other routine tests.
• Record data on EMIS templates to meet QOF requirements.
• Support nursing team with recall and long-term condition clinics.
• Follow infection control, safeguarding, chaperoning and information governance policies.

Conocimientos

NHS Health Checks

Hypertension reviews

Phlebotomy

ECGs

Blood pressure measurement

QOF knowledge

EMIS Web proficiency

Independent working

Diabetic foot checks training

Communication skills

Abtrace population health tools

Educación

NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Herramientas

EMIS Web

Abtrace

Descripción del empleo

This role is being advertised on behalf of Littleborough Group Practice. You will be directly employed by the practice

Littleborough Group Practice is looking for anexperienced Healthcare Assistant or Health Care Practitioner to join ournursing team on a fixed-term basis. The role is 1520 hours per week, onMondays and Tuesdays. It starts with an initial 3-month contract, with a viewto extending for a further 6 months. We are also open to a long term,self-employed locum.

Closing date: 30 November 2026. We may closethe advert early if we receive enough suitable applications, so earlyapplications are encouraged.

Main duties of the job

• Carry out NHS Health Checks
• Carry out hypertension reviews, including blood pressure monitoring and home and ambulatory BP follow-up
• Support diabetes reviews, including bloods, weight, BMI, urine ACR and diabetic foot checks where trained
• Phlebotomy for routine and monitoring bloods
• ECGs, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis and other routine tests
• Record clinical data accurately on EMIS using the appropriate templates, so that care meets QOF requirements
• Support the nursing team with recall and long-term condition clinics
• Follow practice policies on infection control, safeguarding, chaperoning and information governance

About us

Littleborough Group Practice is a GP trainingpractice in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, with around 8,500 patients. Thepractice is rated Good by the CQC. We are part of Pennines PCN and have a fullmultidisciplinary team, including GPs, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, aPractice Nurse, a Minor Illness Nurse and a Healthcare Assistant. You will joina friendly, well-supported team that takes pride in good chronic diseasemanagement.

Job responsibilities

• Carry out NHS Health Checks
• Carry out hypertension reviews, including blood pressure monitoring and home and ambulatory BP follow-up
• Support diabetes reviews, including bloods, weight, BMI, urine ACR and diabetic foot checks where trained
• Phlebotomy for routine and monitoring bloods
• ECGs, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis and other routine tests
• Record clinical data accurately on EMIS using the appropriate templates, so that care meets QOF requirements
• Support the nursing team with recall and long-term condition clinics
• Follow practice policies on infection control, safeguarding, chaperoning and information governance

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum 12 months experience working as an HCA or Health Care Practitioner in General Practice (placement or training experience does not count)
• Experience carrying out NHS Health Checks and hypertension reviews
• Competent in phlebotomy, ECGs and blood pressure measurement
• Good working knowledge of QOF
• Confident user of EMIS Web
• Care Certificate or equivalent
• Up-to-date mandatory training, including safeguarding, BLS and infection control
• Good communication skills and the ability to work independently while knowing when to escalat??
• Diabetic foot check training
• Experience with Abtrace or similar population health and recall tools

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience working as an HCA or Health Care Practitioner in General Practice. Placement or training experience does not count
• NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent

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.