Health Care Assistant

Green Lane Medical Centre; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A large diverse General Practice in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Health Care Assistant to join their team. The role involves conducting adult immunisations, health checks, and monitoring hypertension among other duties. The position offers opportunities for career progression, professional development, and a supportive team environment. Candidates must have relevant qualifications in General practice.

Benefits

Six weeks annual leave entitlement

Monthly multidisciplinary team meetings

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Must have relevant qualification or experience in General practice.

Responsibilities

• Perform adult immunisations.
• Conduct health checks for new patients.
• Monitor hypertension.
• Assist in minor operations and patient care interventions.

Skills

Adult immunisations

Health checks

Hypertension monitoring

Phlebotomy

Vaccine administrating

Education

Relevant qualification in General practice

Job description

Overview

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Health Care Assistant to join our team in a large diverse General Practice. We have a progressive team of GPs and ANPs, clinical pharmacists, mental health practitioners and we are seeking to expand our team of general practice nursing team. If you are currently experienced Health Care assistant in adult immunisations, health checks, new patient health checks, hypertension monitoring, IGR reviews, please contact us. Post is for 20 hours per week.

About us

Large diverse General Practice. With a progressive team of GPs and ANPs, clinical pharmacists, mental health, physiotherapist/practitioners also a training practice with GP registrars and medical students.

Main duties of the job

• Adult immunisations
• Health checks
• New patient health checks
• Hypertension monitoring
• IGR reviews
• Learning disabilities reviews
• Phlebotomy
• Weight management

Job responsibilities

• New patient health checks
• NHS health Checks
• Well women clinics (HRT, contraception)
• Recalling patients in for chronic disease clinics
• Impaired Glucose monitoring
• ECG recording
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
• Administrating vaccines (B12, pneumococcal, influenza, shingles and paediatric influenza)
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
• Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
• Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients’ health and well-being

Opportunities

Opportunities for career progression available; opportunities for professional development/very supportive team; six weeks annual leave entitlement; monthly multidisciplinary team meeting; purpose built premises with onsite parking.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Must have relevant qualification or experience in General practice

Experience

• Must have relevant qualification or experience in General practice

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.