Healthcare Assistant - Mid Sussex Division

Modality Partnership; East Grinstead; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in East Grinstead is seeking a dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join their team. The ideal candidate will support patient health checks and work collaboratively with healthcare professionals to ensure high-quality patient care. This role offers both part-time and full-time options, with a salary of £12.21 per hour. Opportunities for professional development and benefits are available.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Employee discounts

Education and career pathways

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Recent previous experience in direct patient care.
• Willing to develop clinical skills and competencies.
• Ability to follow guidelines and protocols.

Responsibilities

• Undertake patient health checks including BP and ECG monitoring.
• Provide health and wellbeing advice and promotion.
• Support the nursing team delivering high-quality patient care.

Skills

Basic IT knowledge

Patient-centred care

Blood pressure monitoring

ECG recording

Wound care

Good communication skills

Job description

Healthcare Assistant - Mid Sussex Division

ModalityPartnership Mid Sussex Division has a part-time/full-time vacancy (25-37.5 hoursper week) for a Health Care Assistant. The postholder will be a high performingHCA, working at Ship Street Surgery and Judges Close Surgery. We are seekingdedicated postholders who will work collaboratively with the general practiceteam to meet the needs of our patients through the delivery of safe patientcare. Salary for this role is £12.21 per hour, £23,874.88 per annum WTE.

The post holderwill support as part of the wider nursing team to promote the health andwellbeing of our patients by assessing their needs, providing pre-screeningactivities and health care for chronic diseases, health education advice andsupport, implementing requirements in line with patient requirements,community, or other settings, maintaining clinically accurate records during clinics.

This job issuitable for individuals who can demonstrate safe and effective patient interactionsensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care whilst working alongside thewider nursing team and practice team.

As an employee withus you can benefit from:

Enrolmentto the NHS pension scheme

Employeediscounts and benefits scheme

Employeeassistance programme (EAP)

Educationand career pathways

EnhancedFamily friendly policies

Flexibleworking

Wellbeingsupport and initiative

If you are interested in learningmore, please read on.

Main duties of the job

This is ahands-on patient facing role; we are seeking individuals to join our team whoare caring, compassionate and confident, who demonstrate effectivecommunication, excellent customer service skills, good IT skills and theability to support patients with interventions and/or queries. The postholderwill be a key member of the practice team, responsible for undertaking patienthealth checks inc. BP / ECG monitoring / height and weight, taking bloodsamples, health and wellbeing advice and promotion.

About us

We are one ofthe largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients andwith a workforce of 1500+. We are unique,we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through theimplementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across theorganisation. Your job is to work directly within the healthcare team andsupport us to harmonise ways of working and improve working practices to improve patient satisfaction. This is a role that will equip you with a portfolio of skills in primary care with career advancing opportunities.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer tothe supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you areseeking career development opportunities that help you grow and build yournursing career. you have a passion for supportingpatients by promoting health and well-beingwithin the practice population,and you are able to carry out all relevant tests required to ensure patients such as those with long term conditions or those that require tests as part ofother medical conditions or referrals are supported.

If you feel this is the ideal careeradvancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the challenge of thisopportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team oflikeminded people.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves theright to close this vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Pre-employment

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we willbe checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manageindividual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may beundecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles aremandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is amandatory requirement.

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage.

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, onemust be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Basic IT knowledge and skills.
• Demonstrates understanding of person-centred care.
• Willing to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to the role.
• Recent previous experience in direct patient care.
• Proficient in Blood pressure monitoring.
• Urine testing.
• Ability to follow guidelines and protocols.

Skills

• ECG recording.
• Suture/staple removal.
• Wound care.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work within a team.
• Ability to work alone.
• Ability to manage situations and environments.

Personal Qualities

• Professional approach to work.
• Strong team player.
• Smart appearance.
• Exercises tact and discretion at all times.
• Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift.
• Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours.

Experience

• Working in a primary or secondary care setting.
• Data input, Information gathering, Confidentiality.

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.