Health Care Assistant or Registered Nursing Associate

Brackley Medical Centre; Hilcote; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

Brackley Medical Centre in England is seeking a Health Care Assistant or Registered Nursing Associate to join our friendly team for 23 hours per week. The role supports the GP and nursing team with wound care, immunisations, ECGs and routine clinical tasks in a busy GP practice.

We value initiative, accuracy with documentation and a readiness to work across family planning, wound care and the vaccination pathway within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Phlebotomy qualification required.
• Experience in wound care and GP primary care preferred.
• NVQ Level 2 in Clinical Healthcare or Health and Social Care.
• Registered Nurse Associate considered.

Responsibilities

• Simple and complex wound care.
• ECG recording and blood pressure checks.
• Immunisations including flu clinics and vaccines.
• Processing laboratory samples for GPs/Nurses.
• Vaccine cold chain storage and stock rotation.
• Support GP in Family Planning clinics.
• Clear and restock consulting rooms.
• Stock management of surgical equipment.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Wound care

ECG recording

Family planning support

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Clinical Healthcare

NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Registered Nurse Associate

Tools

SystmOne

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

Health Care Assistant or Registered Nursing Associate

We are looking for an enthusiastic HCA or Registered Nurse Associate to join our friendly team for 23 hours per week (Monday 0800-1830 hrs, Tuesday 1400-1830rs, Thursday 1400-1830 hrs, and Friday 1400-1830 hrs).

Main duties of the job

Responsibilities

Simple and complex wound care

Insurance medicals & other related documentation

ECG recording

Supporting GP in Family Planning clinics

Blood Pressure Checks

Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses

Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation

Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms

Flu Clinic immunisations

Immunisations

About us

We are GP teaching practice with a dedicated team committed to treat minor ailments, as well as providing specialist management of long‑term conditions and clinics covering a wide range of healthcare issues for Brackley and the surrounding area. We have 5 partners, 5 salaried GPs in addition to 13 staff in the Nursing Team and Urgent Care Unit for a 16000 patient population.

In addition we have a wide range of specialist roles such as First Contact Physios, Clinical Pharmacists, Social Prescribers and Mental Health Support worker, providing a diverse service to our patients.

We are a SystmOne practice

Job responsibilities

Working under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager and strictly in accordance with specific Practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the Practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Person Specification

Experience

• Please note that this job is a medical Health Care Assistant and you must be qualified in phlebotomy and wound care.
• Care Assistant experience is not sufficient.
• Experience of working in primary care/GP practice
• Competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook

Qualifications

• Certified and experienced in phlebotomy
• Competent in basic nursing duties required for the post
• NVQ Level 2 in Clinical Healthcare or equivalent experience
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care
• or
• Registered Nurse Associate
• Experienced in SystmOne

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.