Healthcare Assistant

Hyde Park Surgery; Leeds; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Hyde Park Surgery in Leeds is seeking a part-time General Practice Healthcare Assistant to support a team of GP partners, nurses and reception staff on an 18-hour, two-day contract (Mon & Tue).

You will assist with venepuncture, observations, ECGs, injections, and patient education, while maintaining clinical guidelines and providing friendly, empathetic care in a busy inner-city practice near Leeds University.

Qualifications

• Basic Health Care Assistant certificate is essential.
• Qualified in phlebotomy.
• Experience in GP surgery is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Assist clinicians with treatment, preventive care, screening and patient education.
• Provide administrative support to the team as needed.
• Follow practice guidelines and protocols in daily duties.

Skills

Venepuncture

ECG recording

Vital signs observation

Communication skills

Teamwork

Computers

Education

Health Care Assistant certificate

Phlebotomy qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

The position is for 18 hours over two days (Monday and Tuesday) on a short term fixed contract .

Weare looking for a General Practice Healthcare Assistant to join our friendlyteam of four GP partners, three Salaried GPs, two Practice Nurses and twoHealthcare Assistants. Hyde Park Surgeryis an inner-city Practice, near Leeds University.

In this role you will assist our clinicians in the care of our patients, including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. You will work under the supervision of the practice nursing team and in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. The post will include some administrative duties.

Basic Healthcare Assistant training is essential, including venepuncture, taking observations and ECG taking. Experience working in a GP surgery would be beneficial.

The ideal candidate will need to be friendly, efficient with communication skills and a strong sense of empathy and resilience.

Main duties of the job

The role includes, but is not limited to the following:

• perform venepuncture
• undertake baseline observations - blood pressure/pulse and assist with long term condition monitoring
• perform ECG recording for patients
• perform B12/flu injections but is not exhaustive, working to PSD and under the instruction of trained nursing colleagues
• ensure that specimens brought in by patients, or taken by doctors are tested and recorded appropriately or ready for collection by the pathology service
• chaperoning duties where necessary
• we also offer ongoing training

About us

We are a friendly practice made up of 7 GPs near to the University of Leeds, serving a young and ethnically diverse population of 11,000 patients. Our multidisciplinary team involves pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, social prescriber and mental health workers. We are a teaching practice for medical students. Our Practice Manager works part time and is supported by the Assistant Practice Manager. We have a hard working and dedicated team of receptionists who are supported by the Reception Manger.

Job responsibilities

In this role you will assist our clinicians in the care of our patients, including treatment, preventative care, screening and patient education. You will work under the supervision of the practice nursing team and in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols. The post will include some administrative duties.

The role includes, but is not limited to the following:

• perform venepuncture
• undertake baseline observations - blood pressure/pulse and assist with long term condition monitoring
• perform ECG recording for patients
• perform B12/flu injections but is not exhaustive, working to PSD and under the instruction of trained nursing colleagues
• ensure that specimens brought in by patients, or taken by doctors are tested and recorded appropriately or ready for collection by the pathology service
• chaperoning duties where necessary
• to undertake any other duties appropriate to the post as required by the Practice Nurses, Practice Manager or Partners.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Applicant should hold a basic Health Care Assistant certificate and qualified in phlebotomy

Experience

Skills

• -good interpersonal and communication skills
• -competent with computers
• -ability to work as an individual but also as part of a team
• -effective time management
• We are a Systmone practice

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.