Healthcare Assistant

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Healthcare Assistant, supporting nursing and administrative teams in delivering vital clinical and educational services. You will provide treatment and patient support, including health checks and chronic disease management, contributing to the wellbeing of a growing patient community.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a dedicated team in a busy friendly practice.

Responsibilities

• Undertake new patient health checks.
• Support the Practice Nurse with health promotion programmes.
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry and blood pressure.
• Undertake wound care, dressings, and other clinical tasks as required.

Skills

Teamwork

Health Promotion

Job description

Job Summary

We are currently on the lookout for a positive and motivated individual to join our growing team as a Healthcare Assistant.

The successful candidate will support the practice nursing and administrative teams in the delivery of clinical and administrative services, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population.

Main duties of the job

The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

About Us

Our mission statement is to be committed to providing high quality, patient centred care using a multi-disciplinary team approach, with patient and staff wellbeing at the heart of our Sarum Health Group family.

Do you think you could fit in with our well-oiled unit here at Sarum Health Group?

About Us:

Circa 17,000 patient practice in rural Wiltshire

Main surgery at Salisbury with branch surgeries at Larkhill, Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke

CQC rating Good

High QOF achievers due to our efficient admin support team

Part of the Salisbury Plain PCN with expanding team which includes for our practice Paramedic (Home Visiting Team), Clinical Pharmacist, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapist and a GPA.

Workflow optimisation for data team, reduced admin for ANPs

On-site dispensary located in our branch sites in Larkhill, Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke.

SystmOne Web clinical system, also using Cinapsis, AccuRX, SystmConnect, T-Quest and TeamNet.

Full complement administration team who oversee letter processing, insurance reports, solicitor reports and all other non-NHS works, safeguarding reports and referrals.

Enhanced hours as part of our PCN network of practices

1 intermediate care bed which we provide a weekly on-site clinic with limited number of patients.

Nurse-led chronic disease clinics.

Comprehensive clinical pathways that are ever evolving.

Continued personal development support.

Details

Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A0510-25-0008

Job locations

Avon Approach

Salisbury

SP1 3SL

Larkhill Medical Centre

Willoughby Road

LARKHILL

Wiltshire

SP4 8QY

Sarum Health Group, The Sixpenny Handley Surgery

Dean Lane

Sixpenny Handley

Dorset

SP5 5PA

The Surgery

Doves Meadow

Broad Chalke

Salisbury

SP5 5EL

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Primary Responsibilities:

The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Undertake new patient health checks
• Support the Practice Nurse with health promotion programmes
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate, recording findings accurately
• Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
• Support the Practice Nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
• Carry out BMI checks as directed
• Act as a chaperone as required
• When trained, undertake venepuncture
• When trained, administer flu vaccinations
• Carry out ECGs as requested
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
• Provide support during minor operations, hepatology and sexual health clinics as required
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisations IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
  
  

Secondary Responsibilities:

• In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Healthcare Assistant may be requested to
• Participate in practice audit as directed by the audit lead
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
• Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota
  
  

Job description

Job responsibilities

Secondary Responsibilities:

• In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Healthcare Assistant may be requested to
• Participate in practice audit as directed by the audit lead
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
• Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota
  
  

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a dedicated team in a busy friendly practice.
• Training will be provided for the correct candiate.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a dedicated team in a busy friendly practice.
• Training will be provided for the correct candiate.
  
  

Employer details

Employer name

Millstream Medical Centre

Address

Avon Approach

Salisbury

SP1 3SL

Employer's website

https://sarumhealthgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Millstream Medical Centre

Address

Avon Approach

Salisbury

SP1 3SL

Employer's website

https://sarumhealthgroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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