Health Care Support Worker GP Practice

NHS; Worksop; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for a compassionate health care support worker to assist the clinical team. Responsibilities include monitoring blood pressures, assisting GPs in minor operations, and conducting health checks. Candidates must possess basic computer skills and have 5 GCSEs including Maths and English. This position requires travel between sites and offers a pay range of £12.31 to £13.60 per hour based on experience.

Qualifications

• Basic computer literacy is essential.
• Must have 5 GCSEs at grades C/4 or above including Maths and English.
• Care Certificate is desirable but must be achieved if not already.

Responsibilities

• Support the clinical team in health promotion and clinical activities.
• Carry out BP monitoring, venepuncture, and ECGs.
• Assist GPs with minor ops and women's health procedures.
• Maintain accurate records and handle specimens safely.

Skills

Basic computer skills

Accuracy

Phlebotomy skills

Education

5 GCSEs including Maths and English

Care Certificate qualification

Job description

To provide support to the whole clinical team. To undertake health promotion and certain clinical activity such as BP monitoring, INR's, removal of sutures, simple dressings, assisting with minor ops under the direction of Practice Nurses and GPs.

Main duties of the job

We have an exciting opportunity for a conscientious, caring, compassionate individual to join our team.This is a patient facing role and your key responsibilities will include takingblood pressures, venepuncture, ECGs, undertaking new patient screening,health checks, health promotion and assisting the GP with minor ops and women'shealth procedures.

You must be computer literate and have 5 GCSE grades 4-9 orC and above including Maths and English qualifications equivalent to GCSEgrade C or above. The Care Certificate qualification is desirablebut will be mandatory to undertake if not already achieved. An enhanced DBS will berequired.

A full training needs analysis will be undertaken andtraining provided as identified. Previous experience wouldbe advantageous.

The successful applicant will require their own transport toenable travel to any of our 4 sites in Worksop, Carlton-in-Lindrick and Langold.

About us

We are a GP Practice based over 4 sites in and around the Worksop area. Rated Outstanding by the CQC we pride our self on the service we provide to our patients and the support we provide to our staff.

You would join a team of wonderful Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, Trainee Nurse Associates, Nurse and Clinical Practitioners, Specialist Nurses, Paramedics and other Health Care Support Workers.

Job responsibilities

• undertake screening and health promotion
• carry out phlebotomy
• assist GPs in minor surgery and contraceptive procedures
• performECGs and blood pressures and to apply & remove 24 hour Ambulatoryblood pressure machines
• perform Tele Dermatology and understand IT software
• take charge of stock control
• ensure that all treatment areas and consulting rooms are stocked withcorrect equipment and dressings etc.
• act as chaperone
• undertake removal of sutures and staples and basic wound care
• participate in vaccination programmes under the direction of apatient specific directive (PSD)
• be accountable for maintaining accurate records both manually and on ITsystems, ensuring confidentiality always
• be responsible in safe handling of specimens and clinical waste and sharpsdisposal

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic computer skills
• 5 GCSEs of C or above or 4-9 including Maths and English
• Need for accuracy
• Care Certificate or must be agreeable to work towards this

Experience

• Experience of working in primary care

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.

£12.31 to £13.60 an hourdepending on knowledge and skills