Pcn Community Healthcare Assistant

Meridian Primary Care Network; Cambourne; À distance; GBP 21 000 - 26 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Meridian Primary Care Network in Cambridgeshire is seeking a Community Health Care Assistant to work with the Community Matron Team, delivering clinical care in patients' homes and supporting surgeries when needed.

Join a growing PCN across multiple GP practices, with DBS checks and access to NHS pathways. Fixed-term, 12 months, full-time or flexible patterns, with remote working options.

Qualifications

• GCSEs including English, Maths and a Science or Health and Social Care subject or equivalent.
• NVQ Level 3 Care certificate or equivalent knowledge through work experience.

Responsabilités

• Deliver essential care in a flexible manner across community settings as directed by the Community Matron.
• Communicate with Primary Health and Social Care Team and MDT members in person and remotely.
• Carry out clinical tasks within scope of practice (e.g., monitoring vitals, venepuncture, ECGs) as directed.
• Provide reassurance and support to patients and carers by explaining procedures clearly.

Connaissances

Teamwork

Communication

IT skills

Telephone manner

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Problem solving

Policy following

Formation

GCSEs incl English, Maths, Science/Health & Social Care

NVQ Level 3 Care certificate or equivalent

Outils

Office 365

Outlook

EMIS / SystmOne

Description du poste

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Health Care Assistant to work as part of the Meridian PCN Community Matron Team.

The successful candidate will be working with the Community Matron delivering a range of clinical care for people within their own homes. The role will also support in our surgeries when needed. Meridian PCN form an integral part of the primary care team and are key to the exciting and dynamic developments underway to strengthen the GP service in delivering timely, high intensity acute and routine patient centred clinical interventions to support people in their own homes and prevent unnecessary admissions to hospital.

Main duties of the job

Please see Job Description for full details and overview of the PCN Community Healthcare Assistant's responsibilities.

About us

Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are a new way of working that enables health and other services to work together to provide better access for patients.

PCNs build on existing primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care for people close to home. Clinicians describe this as a change from reactively providing appointments to proactively caring for the people and communities they serve.

Our PCN

The Meridian PCN is a collaboration of six GP surgeries across Cambridgeshire and North Hertfordshire; supporting a patient population of +48,000.

• Bourn Surgery
• Comberton and Eversden Surgery
• Harston Surgery
• Orchard Surgery - Melbourn
• Roysia Surgery - Royston
• Monkfield Medical Practice - Cambourne

Our Vision

We aim to provide high quality services adhering to principles of best practice, promoting equal opportunities and working positively with diversity. We ask our staff to treat patients how they'd want their family members to be treated.

Our Aims

• Support the local interpretation and implementation of NHS transformation plans
• Design and deliver primary care services at scale.
• Provide the operational people and infrastructure to allow practices to collaborate
• Be a voice for Primary Care, one that enables what we all want; sustainable and clinically excellent general practice.

Contract:

Fixed term

Duration:

12 months

Working pattern:

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Location:

25 Alms Hill, Bourn, Cambridgeshire, CB23 2SH

Job responsibilities

• Deliver essential care in a flexible manner, in a variety of community settings as directed by the Community Matron, using evidenced based practice and according to training, experience and proven competence to meet the demands of the service.
• Communicate and liaise with all members of the Primary Health and Social Care Team and other professionals both in the community and with the wider MDT.
• Undertake specific clinical tasks which include monitoring blood pressure, temperatures, oxygen levels, pressure area care as appropriate, venepuncture, weighing patients, ECGs and other duties requested by the team while working within scope of practice.
• Provide reassurance and support to patients and carers by listening to their concerns explaining to them any procedures that may be undertaken.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills (Essential)

• Ability to work as part of a team and autonomously
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office 365 and Outlook
• Effective time management (Planning and Organising)
• Good interpersonal skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to follow policy and procedure

Knowledge and Skills (Desirable)

• EMIS / SystmOne knowledge

Personal Qualities (Essential)

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• Forward thinker
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure

Other requirements (Essential)

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home

Qualifications (Essential)

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (or equivalent) including English, Mathematics and a Science or Health and social care based subject or relevant experience.
• NVQ level 3 Care certificate in a Health or Social Care related subject or equivalent knowledge through work experience

Experience (Essential)

• Experience of direct adult patient care in Health/social care setting
• Evidence of administrative skills and robust record keeping
• Experience of coordinating and liaising with multiple stakeholders to meet specified outcomes
• Relevant clinical competencies e.g. venepuncture, catheter care, personal care etc.

Experience (Desirable)

• Knowledge of General Practice / PCN's

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

Meridian Primary Care Network

Address

25 Alms Hill, Bourn, Cambridgeshire, CB23 2SH, United Kingdom

Website

https://meridianpcn.gpweb.org.uk/

For questions about the job, contact

PCN Business Manager, Julie Ann Napenas, [e-mail]

Closing date

05 November 2026

Apply through our website.