Healthcare Assistant

Integrated Care System; St. Neots; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join their team. The role focuses on providing high-quality primary care services, involving tasks like phlebotomy and chronic disease management, while offering opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• Previous healthcare experience in a clinical role.
• Ability to accept training, coaching, and guidance.
• Desire to work within the care profession.

Responsibilities

• Assist GPs and nurses in delivering primary care services.
• Undertake delegated tasks under indirect supervision.
• Work within clear parameters after training and assessment.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem Solving

Education

Basic English and Maths GCE level C and above

Qualified to NVQ level 2

Completed Care Certificate

Job description

We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our team providing general practice services including; Phlebotomy, ECGs, wound care/simple dressings, Administering Injections such as Flu, Pneumonia and shingles, long term condition reviews, such as diabetes, asthma, NHS Health checks, INR clinics, Learning disabilities, smoking cessation and more.

Main duties of the job

All aspects of Healthcare assistant care, with potential to develop skills in line with the needs of the business and your personal interests

We are looking to upskill our team with appropriate skills in Chronic Disease management

About us

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

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 will undertake delegated tasks and duties under indirect supervision of members of the nurse team. The post holder will work within clear parameters and lines of accountability after appropriate training and assessment of competence. The requirements of the post are linked to the Health Education England: District and General Practice Nursing Service Education and Career Framework.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic English and Maths GCE level c and above (new grade 4 and above)
• Ability to accept training, coaching and guidance (in prep for Care Certificate study)
• Previous healthcare experience in clinical role
• Completed Care Certificate
• Qualified to NVQ level 2
• Other recognised forms of educational attainment

Experience

• Desire to work within care profession
• Can work to a high standard of care under supervision
• Experience within a health care setting and/or primary care

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.