PCN Primary Care Support Worker (HCA)

West Leeds Primary Care Network; Pudsey; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A primary care network in Pudsey is seeking a Health Care Assistant to join their experienced team. The ideal candidate should have clinical experience in a general practice setting and qualification up to NVQ level 3. The role involves performing various health checks and assisting in patient care, providing an opportunity to develop new clinical skills within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HCA in a general practice setting is required.
• Clinical experience commensurate with an HCA role, such as phlebotomy.
• Must satisfy travel requirements of the post.

Responsibilities

• Perform ECG tests and NHS Health Checks.
• Conduct physical checks for patients with SMI and LD.
• Carry out diabetic foot checks and smoking cessation interventions.

Skills

Clinical experience

Phlebotomy

NHS Health Checks

ECG testing

Education

GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

NVQ level 3

Job description

Please note this is a Primary Care Health Care Assistant role and as such is a clinical one. This is not a care assistant role. Please do not apply if you do not have the relevant clinical experience. Previous applicants ought not re-apply and you may only apply for this role if you can satisfy the travel requirements of the post ie as a car owner / driver

We are looking for a Primary Care Support (HCA) worker to join our existing team. The role is a very varied one; our current team is highly skilled and we are seeking another HCA to help with the workload across our 6 member practices. Please see uploaded job specification document for full details.

Main duties of the job

This will suit someone who has experience as an HCA in general practice although our team does perform additional tasks that a practice HCA may not have. This is a wonderful opportunity for an HCA to further their development and learn new clinical skills within an experienced and cohesive team. Please see uploaded job specification document for full details

About us

West Leeds PCN (WLPCN) is a mature and visionary PCN with an extensive workforce. Weprovide enhanced clinical services across six GP surgeries within the Pudsey and Bramley area, with a totalpatient population of approximately 70k.

WLPCNcurrently benefits from the following clinical teams, directly employed byourselves -

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians

Community Wellbeing Advisers (SocialPrescribers)

Health Care Assistants(Primary Care SupportWorkers)

Learning Disability / Severe MentalIllness Care Co-ordinator

Highly skilled prescribing Frailty /Home visiting team (Advanced Clinical Practitioners andAssociate ClinicalPractitioners)

We also have access to physiotherapyand mental wellbeing services. Please see website for more information

Job responsibilities

Our currenthighly skilled Primary Care Support workers undertake the following tasks:

- ECG test (but not thereading and assessing of the results)

- NHS Health Checks

- Physical checks forpatients with serious mental illness (SMI) and learning disabilities (LD)

- Dopplers

- Stocking measurements

- Diabetic foot checks

- FeNo (respiratory)testing **

- Smoking cessation(planned) **

- Long term conditionreviews

** If you are not yet proficient in these wemay be able to offer training

Person Specification

Qualifications

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• Please see uploaded job specification document for full details
• Qualified to NVQ level 3
• Please see uploaded job specification document for full details

Experience

• Clinical experience commensurate with an HCA role in a general practice setting, such as phlebotomy, BP etc
• Please see uploaded job specification document for full details
• Please see uploaded job specification document for full details

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.