Healthcare Assistant

Lakeside Healthcare Group; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary care provider in Peterborough is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join their team. Responsibilities include assisting GPs and nurses in delivering healthcare services, maintaining patient records, and engaging in clinical care tasks. Ideal candidates should have experience in healthcare settings and relevant qualifications. This role offers opportunities for professional growth within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience within a healthcare setting and/or primary care.
• Previous healthcare experience in a clinical role.

Responsibilities

• Assist GPs and nurse team in delivering primary care services.
• Monitor and order stock levels and equipment.
• Maintain accurate and legible patient records.

Skills

Experience within a health care setting

Basic English and Maths (GCE level C and above)

Completed Care Certificate

Qualified to NVQ level 2

Job description

We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant join our teamproviding general practice services including; Phlebotomy,Administering Injections such as Flu and Pneumonia, long term conditionreviews, simple dressings, NHS Health checks etc.

Main duties of the job

All aspects of Healthcare assistant care, withopportunity to develop skills in line with the needs of the business and yourpersonal interests and career aspirations.

We are currently looking to upskill our HCA team withappropriate Chronic Disease management skills so this a great opportunity forsomeone who has a keen interest in this area of care.

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primarycare provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious anddetermined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnershipin the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We servethe healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire,Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity tobe part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care isdelivered today.

Living and breathing our values atLakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care aboutpeople: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come firstin everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needswith compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of thecommunities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business wenetwork, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each anotherto ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and bestdecisions to provide the best service.

About thePractice/Department/Team

The New Queen Street & StangroundTeam consists of 9 GP Partners, 2 ANPs, 6 nurses, 4 HCAs, plus multiple teams(prescriptions, admin, reception) aswell as a supporting management team.

We help over 19k patients in thesurrounding areas and are part of South Peterborough PCN.

Job responsibilities

The purpose of the post is to assist the GPs and nurse team in the delivery of safe,high quality primary care services to the practice population. The post holder willundertake delegated tasks and duties under indirect supervision of members of thenurse team. The post holder will work within clear parameters and lines ofaccountability after appropriate training and assessment of competence. Therequirements of the post are linked to the Health Education England: District andGeneral Practice Nursing Service Education and Career Framework.

Some of the duties may include but not limited to:

• Under indirect supervision, assist in the delivery of primary health careinterventions and care effectively and efficiently
• Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
• Monitors and orders stock levels and equipment
• Responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained
• Act as chaperone as required/instructed
• Maintenance of accurate and legible patient records in line with organisational requirements this includes contemporary paper records and electronic patient record system
• Ensure that confidentiality, privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients aremaintained and in line with organisational policy

Clinical care delivery duties may include but not limited to:

Working within guidelines and protocols undertake and record:

• Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for laboratory analysis
• Temperature, pulse, blood pressure and respiratory rate
• Weight, height, waist circumference and Body Mass Index
• Measurement of legs for compression hosiery
• ECGs, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
• Near patient testing e.g. blood glucose, lipids and INR
• Doppler ultrasound measurement working with registered nurse
• Measurement of airway function (peak expiratory flow rate and spirometry)

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience within a health care setting and/or primary care
• Previous healthcare experience in clinical role

Qualifications

• Basic English and Maths GCE level C and above (new grade 4 and above)
• Completed Care Certificate
• Qualified to NVQ level 2
• Other recognised forms of educational attainment

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.