Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Ipswich is seeking a full-time Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) to join their caring team. The role involves undertaking phlebotomy, wound dressings, and promoting health and wellbeing for patients. Ideal candidates should have a Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, along with strong clinical and communication skills. This position offers an opportunity to work within a modern primary care setting, focusing on quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Successful completion of the Care Certificate or willingness to undertake.
• Confidential manner with a compassionate approach.

Responsibilities

• Undertake phlebotomy for patient testing.
• Wound dressings and suture removals.
• Promotion of health and wellbeing.

Skills

Strong clinical skills including venepuncture/phlebotomy

Excellent patient-facing communication

Organisational and time management skills

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Job description

Botesdale Health Centre in Diss are looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) to join our friendly team. This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week. The primary focus of the role is to work as part of the nursing team and also as part of the wider practice team, providing high quality and timely care to registered patients of Botesdale Health Centre.

The healthcare assistant role within general practice can be very different to the role within other settings and as such we are only looking for applications from those with previous primary care experience.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake phlebotomy for both venous and INR patient testing
• Wound dressings and suture and clip removals
• Urine testing and analysis and submit samples to the laboratory following the practice protocol
• Obtaining specimens, ensuring their maintenance under correct conditions and dispatch to the appropriate agency
• Perform ECGs
• Promotion of health and wellbeing to individual patients by carrying out health checks and new patient checks

About us

We are a rural GMS 10,100 patient surgery with 4 partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more informationabout this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Successful completion of the Care Certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC;
• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent;

Experience

• Strong clinical skills including venepuncture/phlebotomy.
• Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidential manner with a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently, determining own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.

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.