Healthcare Assistant

The Methodist Church in Britain; Nacton; Presencial; GBP 14.000 - 20.000; A tiempo parcial

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NHS pension

Training and development

Competitive salary

Purpose-built facility

27 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Descripción de la vacante

Two Rivers Medical Centre in Suffolk is seeking a Healthcare Assistant for a six-month fixed-term, part-time role (28–30 hours per week). The role blends clinical tasks such as observations, wound care, phlebotomy, and administration of medicines with stock control and record keeping within a friendly multidisciplinary GP practice.

Experience in a GP practice is essential, alongside a Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification or Care Certificate.

Formación

• Care Certificate or Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care required.
• GP practice experience essential.
• Strong patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsabilidades

• Take baseline observations: pulse, oximetry, temperature, blood pressure, blood glucose.
• Carry out wound care, venepuncture and phlebotomy checks; administer medicines and vaccines.
• Prepare clinical rooms and keep them stocked for each session.
• Update patient health records and maintain stock of medical supplies.
• Act as chaperone when required and assist the GP with minor operations.
• Communicate with patients, relatives and carers; promote health and education.
• Carry out new patient health checks.

Descripción del empleo

A healthcare assistant post at Two Rivers Medical Centre, a GP practice, running for six months on a fixed-term basis. The work mixes clinical tasks such as observations, wound care, venepuncture and giving medicines and vaccines with stock control, record keeping and chaperoning. It is part‑time at 28 to 30 hours a week and sits within a multidisciplinary team in a purpose‑built surgery. Experience in a GP practice is essential, as is a Level 3 health and social care qualification.

What the job involves

• Take baseline observations including pulse, oximetry, temperature, blood pressure and blood glucose, recording findings accurately
• Carry out wound care, venepuncture and phlebotomy checks, and administer medicines and vaccines
• Prepare clinical rooms and keep them stocked for each session
• Update patient health records
• Keep medical supplies in stock
• Act as chaperone where required
• Assist the GP with minor operations
• Communicate with patients, relatives and carers, including health promotion and education
• Carry out new patient health checks

What’s required

Qualifications

• Care Certificate, or willingness to complete it, as indicated by the CQC
• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent

Experience

• Experience of working within a GP practice
• Strong clinical skills including venepuncture and phlebotomy

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills
• Confidential, compassionate and respectful manner, valuing the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues
• Ability to work independently, setting own workload priorities, and as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Strong organisational and time management skills

What’s offered

• Genuine responsibility from day one
• Work with a strong social purpose
• Competitive salary with increments based on professional development
• NHS pension membership
• Support for personal and professional development
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Purpose-built facility, the largest single-site GP surgery in Suffolk
• 27 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata), increasing with continuous NHS service