Now Hiring: Health Care Assistant in London (Visa Sponsorship Offered) NHS Jobs

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Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare team as a Health Care Assistant, where you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, supporting patients with their health needs and promoting well-being. Your contributions will directly impact patient satisfaction, and you will gain valuable experience in primary care. With a commitment to career development and a supportive work culture, this role is perfect for compassionate individuals eager to advance their nursing career.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Minimum 27 Days Annual Leave

Employee Discounts

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible Working

Wellbeing Support

Qualifications

• Experience in direct patient care and working in a healthcare setting.
• Proficient in phlebotomy and blood pressure monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Support patient health checks and provide health education advice.
• Work collaboratively with the nursing team to deliver quality care.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Phlebotomy Skills

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Data Input

Confidentiality

Tools

EMIS

SYSTEM1

Job description

Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company’s name: NHS Jobs

Job location: London

Salary: £27,981.13 a year per annum WTE

Job sector: Health Care

Job reference: E0281-25-0059

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About the Job: Health Care Assistant needed in NHS Jobs

Modality Partnership Lewisham Division has a part-time (20 hours) vacancy for a Level 3 Health Care Assistant to be based at Bellingham Green Surgery. The postholder will be a high performing HCA, working across Modality Lewisham Division including one a week domiciliary visits. We are seeking dedicated postholders who will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of our patients through the delivery of safe patient care. You will also hold a full driving license.

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

This job is suitable for individuals who can demonstrate safe and effective patient interactions ensuring the delivery of high-quality patient care whilst working alongside the wider nursing team and practice team.

As an employee with us you can benefit from:

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathways

Enhanced Family friendly policies

Flexible working

Wellbeing support and initiative

If you are interested in learning more, please read on.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

We are one of the largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly within the healthcare team and support 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core responsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you are seeking career development opportunities that can help you grow and build your nursing career. you have a passion for supporting patients by promoting health and well-being within 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 of other medical conditions or referrals are supported.

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

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

Pre-employment

Vaccinations

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

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must 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 and Experience

Essential

• Working in a primary or secondary care setting
• Data input, Information gathering, Confidentiality
• Recent previous experience in direct patient care.
• Phlebotomy skills
• Proficient in Blood pressure monitoring
• Urine testing
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to follow guidelines and protocols.

Desirable

• EMIS / SYSTEM1 proficient
• Suture/staple removal
• ECG recording
• Wound care