Healthcare & GP Assistant

Primary Care Careers; Tendring; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare provider in Tendring is looking for an experienced healthcare/GP assistant to support patients and healthcare teams. This role offers both full-time and part-time options with flexible hours. You will assist in clinical tasks such as health checks and injections, and maintain accurate records. Ideal candidates will have a Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2, alongside strong communication skills and experience working in a medical environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working hours

Free counselling support

Qualifications

• Experience of working with healthcare teams and building professional relationships.
• Strong understanding of confidentiality.
• Ability to assist with various clinical tasks and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provides face-to-face support to patients and carries out clinical duties.
• Assists nursing and GP team in patient management and health checks.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date clinical records.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience with clinical systems

Ability to work in a team

Education

Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2

Job description

Walton Medical Centre are looking for an experienced heathcare/GP assistant to join our busy and rewarding medical centre. This role can be offeredon afull-time or part-time basis, with flexibility on days and hours

Weare looking for someone who has experience of assisting patients with clinical requirements, liaising with clinical staff for healthcare needs, carrying out health checks and must have experience of using clinical systems.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job will include:

• Providing face-to-face support to patients within our practices
• Carrying out clinical duties such as blood pressure checks, ECGs, phlebotomy, wound care, weight management, and NHS health checks
• B12, shingles, pneumococcal and flu injections- preferrable
• Supporting the nursing and GP team in chaperoning patients
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and wellbeing
• Vaccine and cold chain storage monitoring and recording
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date clinical records
• Assisting with infection control and general health promotion
• Contributing to a positive and proactive team culture
• Support with clinical stock control management - clearing and restocking consultation rooms

About us

The Colte Partnership is a GP super-partnership, formed in June 2017. It brought together 8 local GP surgeries across Colchester and Tendring, serving approx. 80,000 patients. With the combined workforce, skills and knowledge, we are in a unique position to assist our patients across the county.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of primary care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.

Each of our branches has its own character, and family friendly ethos, which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However, being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics, social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes.

We strive to look after our employees as well, with generous annual leave, flexible and family friendly working, and support during difficult times such as free counselling.

Walton is a warm and friendly seaside town surgery comprising of 2 partners, GPs, ANPs, paramedic, social prescriber, PCN GP care advisor, to name but a few. The practice is committed to the principles of the Improving Working Lives (IWL) Standards to provide a positive, employment friendly approach to the delivery of their healthcare service.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find outmore information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact withus.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working with, and building up working relationships with GPs, nursing staff and admin staff
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal, ability to work well on their own as well as working in a team
• A strong understanding of confidentiality

Qualifications

• Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2

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.