Healthcare Assistant- GP Practice

NHS; Thirsk; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Thirsk Doctors Surgery is seeking an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant to join their team. This part-time role involves supporting clinical staff, conducting patient checks, and delivering preventative care in a nurturing environment. Training is provided for those eager to start their career in healthcare, with opportunities for development.

Qualifications

• Willingness to train in clinical skills areas.
• Experience working with the public.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assist clinical staff in providing treatment and patient education.
• Conduct baseline observations and support chronic disease clinics.
• Perform venepuncture and administer vaccinations.

Skills

Communication

Time Management

Interpersonal Skills

Education

GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above

Job description

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Job Summary

Are you looking for a career in healthcare? Thirsk Doctors Surgery has an opening for an enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our supportive and established team. The post is being offered at 24hpw, working Mondays and Tuesday from 08:00 to 18:30 & Fridays 08:00 to 13:00.

Job Summary

Are you looking for a career in healthcare? Thirsk Doctors Surgery has an opening for an enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our supportive and established team. The post is being offered at 24hpw, working Mondays and Tuesday from 08:00 to 18:30 & Fridays 08:00 to 13:00.

The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience and development of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, there is mandatory training to complete plus training will also be provided where required dependant on current skills and qualifications/experience.

We welcome applications from college leavers looking to start a career in healthcare as training will be provided, as well as applicants with previous experience in phlebotomy/venepuncture .

Interviews will be held on Tuesday 8th July 2025

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 whilst also supporting the administrative/nursing teams on an as-required basis. Duties will include nut not limited to: venepuncture, baseline observations eg blood pressure, temperature, pulse, BMI, advising patients of test results on phone in, support nurses where required, new patient health checks, chaperoning, ECG's. (Full information is provided on the Job Description)

About Us

We are committed to providing high quality primary care services through an ethos of continuous learning and reflection, while ensuring all staff and patients are treated with dignity, honesty and respect.

We aim to be innovative and adaptable to the changing face of General Practice and to balance the needs of individual patients with those of the wider practice population. We are dedicated to promoting the aims and values of our Primary Care Network and the wider NHS and strive to improve the health of our population and encourage self-care.

Details

Date posted

16 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£12.35 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A0933-25-0005

Job locations

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Job Description

Job 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 home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
• Nurses phone in- advising patients of test results.
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained competencies.
• Support the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.
• Carry out BMI checks as directed.
• Act as a chaperone as required.
• Undertake venepuncture, attend training.
• Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where required.
• Carry out ECGs as requested.
• Urinalysis
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
• Deliver smoking cessation clinics and attend the training if required.
• Dopplar's
• Provide support during minor operations and medicals as required.
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referrals to the GP's
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and monitoring of fridge temperatures.
• Ordering stock from suppliers when required, stock checks.
• 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.
• Partake in mandatory eLearning and face to face training.
  
  

Please view the full job description attached for further details

Job Description

Job 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 home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
• Nurses phone in- advising patients of test results.
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained competencies.
• Support the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.
• Carry out BMI checks as directed.
• Act as a chaperone as required.
• Undertake venepuncture, attend training.
• Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where required.
• Carry out ECGs as requested.
• Urinalysis
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
• Deliver smoking cessation clinics and attend the training if required.
• Dopplar's
• Provide support during minor operations and medicals as required.
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referrals to the GP's
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and monitoring of fridge temperatures.
• Ordering stock from suppliers when required, stock checks.
• 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.
• Partake in mandatory eLearning and face to face training.
  
  

Please view the full job description attached for further details

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Willingness and enthusiasm to train in clinical skills areas
• Venepuncture
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
  
  

Desirable

• ECGs
• New patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse
• Chaperone procedure
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Strong IT skills
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS/SystmOne user skills
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
  
  

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above
  
  

Desirable

• Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level.
• Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate
• Phlebotomy certification
• Vaccination certification
  
  

Person Specification

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above
  
  

Desirable

• Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level.
• Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate
• Phlebotomy certification
• Vaccination certification
  
  

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Thirsk Doctors Surgery

Address

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Thirsk Doctors Surgery

Address

Chapel Street

Thirsk

YO7 1LG

Employer's website

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

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals

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