Health Care Assistant

NHS Jobs; Newquay; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is recruiting an Assistant Practitioner to support the practice clinical team under the supervision of a senior practice nurse. The role focuses on delivering prescribed patient care within established guidelines and protocols.

Responsibilities include simple dressings, injections (including vaccines), phlebotomy, diabetic foot checks, spirometry, ECG recording, and assisting with minor operations. Enhancing aseptic practice and patient safety is essential.

Qualifications

• Duties require practical clinical skills and patient care support.

Responsibilities

• Assist clinical team under supervision of senior practice nurse.
• Provide simple dressings with aseptic technique.
• Perform suture removal with aseptic technique as directed.
• Administer injections including vitamins and vaccines as prescribed.
• Conduct diabetic foot checks and basic patient assessments.
• Record spirometry and ECG data.
• Perform phlebotomy as part of patient care.
• Support sterile storage, cleaning, and maintenance of equipment.
• Assist with vaccine storage and monitoring of cold chain.
• Prepare environments and equipment for procedures and minor operations.
• Support data collection on health needs and interventions.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Vaccinations

Aseptic technique

Injections

Minor procedures assistance

Data collection

Tools

ECG recording

Spirometry

Job description

Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the Assistant Practitioner will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Simple Dressings observing aseptic technique at all times
• Removal of Sutures observing aseptic technique at all times
• Ear irrigation
• Vit B12 injections
• Seasonal influenza injections
• Diabetic Foot Checks
• SpirometryECG recording
• Phlebotomy
• Chaperoning duties
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
• 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 including stop smoking support
• Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual.
• Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
• Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being