Health Care Assistant

Whitstable Medical Practice; Whitstable; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive medical practice in Whitstable is seeking a motivated Health Care Assistant to join their clinical team. The role combines general duties within the practice and support for the Dermatology service across East Kent. Candidates should have experience in healthcare, excellent communication skills, and be adaptable. The position offers 27.5 contracted hours weekly with an hourly rate starting at £12.42, plus benefits including mileage reimbursement.

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a Health Care Assistant or in a healthcare environment.
• Wound Care trained.
• Knowledge of EMIS and ICE systems.

Responsibilities

• Support clinicians in a theatre setting with Minor Surgical procedures.
• Assist in measurements of blood pressure, temperature and pulse.
• Take blood samples from patients (phlebotomy).
• Provide health promotion and literature for patients.

Skills

Good decision making

Communication skills

Organizational skills

IT skills

Education

Minimum Grade C/4 GCSE in English Language and Maths

Tools

EMIS

ICE system

Job description

Whitstable Medical Practice is looking for a friendly, motivated Health Care Assistant to join our supportive and experienced clinical team.

This is a varied role combining general HCA duties within our medical practice and support for our Dermatology service across multiple sites in East Kent.

If you are a caring, adaptable team player with excellent communication skills and experience we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

This Health Care Assistant opportunity is to support Clinical Services and General Medical Services (GMS) at our medical centres. Mileage will be paid from Estuary View Medical Centre to Dermatology Clinic locations, with travel time paid for selected locations.

The hourly rate for this role is £12.42, increasing to £13.80 after successful completion of probationary period.

Hours

General HCA Hours

• Monday 8am to 1pm.
• Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon (2pm to 6.30pm) to be confirmed at offer
• Total 9.5 hours

Clinical Services (Dermatology)

• Thursday 8am to 4pmto be located in Ramsgate or Folkestone
• Friday 8am to 4.30pmto be located in Whitstable or Sittingbourne
• Total 16.5 hours

One Saturday permonth 8am to 2pm (1.5 hours per week equivalent over a month)

Total contracted hours - 27.5 hours per week

About us

Whitstable Medical Practice is a forward thinking single practice Primary Care Network (PCN) GP Practice based across 3 sites in Whitstable. There are 22 equity partners looking after over 45'000 patients. We pride ourselves on our innovative approach to Primary Care. We are a training practice and run various in house contracts including Cataract surgery, Ultrasound, Dermatology, Physical Therapies and Audiology together with further community contracts, a Day Surgery Suite and an Urgent Treatment Centre with digital x-ray.

Job responsibilities

Main Duties of the Job

To work as a teammember under supervision of the Treatment Room Nurses and DermatologyClinicians to provide and maintain an optimum level of care for our patients.

Responsibilities

• Supporting clinicians in a theatre setting with Minor Surgicalprocedures.
• Performing stock control functions: proactively keeping cupboardsand trolleys well stocked and tidy, sending stock requests through to the relevant administrator for ordering. Unpacking deliveries of stock. Re-stockingand checking clinical rooms as needed.
• Filling the hand-held liquid nitrogen as required.
• Unlocking treatment room cupboards and ensuring all equipment is setup for the day. Setting up clinics with the correct equipment for the specificservice and putting equipment away after the clinic has finished.
• Working alongside the clinicians in the provision of patient care.
• Undertaking measurements of blood pressure, temperature and pulse.Filing of patient information and entering results of Blood Pressures,Urinalysis and other observation on the patients medical records.
• Recognising changes in the patients observations, which must be reported and acted on.
• Assisting clinicians in emergency management of patients.
• Acting as a chaperone.
• Providing relevant health promotion and literature for patients.
• Taking Blood Samples from Patients (Phlebotomy)
• Checking vaccine refrigerators daily and recording the temperature.Maintaining cold chain for all vaccines.
• Answering phone and dealing with queries, liaising with the nursingstaff.

Clinical Care

Work alongside the clinicians in the provision of patient care.

Undertake and record a range of tasks, which may include:

• Measurement of height and weight
• Urinalysis
• Measurement of blood pressure, temperature and pulse
• Peak flow measurements
• Recording of ECGs / 24 hour BPs / 24 hour ECGs/ 7 day ECGs
• Assisting with leg ulcer clinics / simple dressings
• Assisting with Family Planning Clinics
• Assist nurses in INR clinics and doctors in Minor Op clinics
• Assisting clinicians in a theatre
• Undertake health checks
• Enable patients to access appropriate professionals in the practi team.

Other duties as per nurses and doctors instructions asdictated by changes in the nature of Whitstable Medical Practice.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working as a Health Care Assistant or experience within a Healthcare/ health environment.
• Wound Care Trained.
• Knowledge of EMIS.
• Knowledge of ICE system.

Qualifications

• Minimum Grade C/4 GCSE or equivalent in English Language and Maths.

Skills and Abilities

• Good decision making, communication and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively with people at all levels.
• Good IT skills to enable accurate recording of consultations.
• Committed to ongoing development.
• Adaptable and flexible to work additional hours including extended access hours.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• A team player.
• Enthusiasm and energy.
• Ability to work with little or no supervision.
• Ability to priorities tasks.
• Ability to anticipate challenges, identify solutions and act to make positive changes without being prompted.

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.