Healthcare Assistant

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Basildon; Hybrid; GBP 11,000 - 14,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

On-site parking

Job summary

Langdon Hills Medical Centre is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to support the nursing team in a GP practice. The role is available on a full or part-time basis (minimum 25 hours per week) and involves wound care, phlebotomy, health checks and vaccine administration.

You will work under the supervision of a senior practice nurse within a multidisciplinary team, contributing to patient care programmes and health promotion for service users and carers.

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care or healthcare setting.
• Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidential and compassionate approach, respecting patient dignity.
• Ability to work independently and manage workload priorities.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Wound care, venepuncture, phlebotomy checks and administering medicines and vaccines.
• New patient health checks.
• Stock rotation and restocking of equipment and vaccines; prepare consulting rooms.
• Clear and restock consulting rooms; maintain environments and equipment.
• Assist GPs during minor operations and support health promotion.

Skills

Patient communication

Confidentiality

Time management

Independence

Teamwork

Education

Care Certificate (Desirable)

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

About the Role

Langdon Hills Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for a healthcare assistant to join the practice, and support the nursing team, on a full or part-time basis, for at least 25 hours per week.

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

The healthcare assistant will be able to apply their clinical skills and knowledge to carry out high quality practice within designated clinical areas such as:

• wound care, venepuncture, phlebotomy checks and administering of medicines and vaccines;
• new patient health checks;
• re-stocking and stock rotation of surgical equipment and vaccines;
• 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;
• providing valuable health promotion and education for service users, their families and carers.

The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence, requiring you to work effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

About the Candidate

If you are a qualified and experienced healthcare assistant or looking to develop your primary care experience, we would love to hear from you.

Essential:

• Experience within primary care or another healthcare setting;
• Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills;
• Consistently confidential manner, as well as a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues;
• Ability to work independently and determine own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
• Strong organisational and time management skills.

Desirable:

• Successful completion of the Care Certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC;
• Experience of working within a GP practice;
• A qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture.

About Us

Langdon Hills Medical Centre is an innovative, well organised and forward-thinking GMS training practice. We have a practice population of 14,500 patients, with a growing list size. We have a supportive nursing and administrative team and use the SystmOne computer system.

• We offer a competitive salary, NHS pension and on site parking.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.