Part-Time Primary Care Health Assistant – Training & Growth

The Methodist Church in Britain; Guildford; On-site; GBP 11,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Training

Professional development

Job summary

Woodbridge Hill Surgery is recruiting a part-time Healthcare Assistant to join its clinical team. The HCA will support nurses and GPs with patient care tasks including phlebotomy, wound care, ECGs, NHS health checks and vaccinations, under the Nurse Manager's protocols. Training may be provided for the right candidate.

The role involves working in a busy practice serving ~17,000 patients, with emphasis on high-quality patient care, teamwork and confidentiality in a GDPR-guided environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care settings.
• Experience dealing with the public and patients.
• Experience working under pressure.
• Experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

• Phlebotomy.
• Basic and complex wound care.
• ECG monitoring.
• NHS health checks.
• 24-hour blood pressure monitoring.
• Spirometry.
• Injections such as B12.
• Removal of sutures and clips.
• Flu and COVID vaccinations.
• Chaperoning.
• Processing and managing laboratory samples requested by GPs and nurses.
• Vaccine cold chain storage, monitoring and recording.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Time management

GDPR

Public interaction

Working under pressure

Tools

EMIS

Docman

Job description

Woodbridge Hill Surgery is recruiting a part-time Healthcare Assistant to join its clinical team. The HCA will support nurses and GPs with patient care tasks including phlebotomy, wound care, ECGs, NHS health checks and vaccinations, under the Nurse Manager's protocols. Training may be provided for the right candidate.

The role involves working in a busy practice serving ~17,000 patients, with emphasis on high-quality patient care, teamwork and confidentiality in a GDPR-guided environment.