Staff Bank Healthcare Assistant

NHS Jobs; Truro; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust is seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join the GP practice team. Under supervision, you will assist clinicians in delivering patient care programmes, promote health and self-management, and support vaccination campaigns.

You will work with GPs, Practice Nurses, and other healthcare professionals to ensure compassionate, confidential, and high‑quality care, including data processing and basic clinical tasks as needed.

Qualifications

• Provides compassionate, patient-centred care under supervision.
• Supports management of long-term conditions: hypertension, CHD, diabetes.
• Assists self-care and self-management through health promotion.
• Adheres to infection control, chaperoning, and practice policies.
• Collaborates with GPs, nurses, and the healthcare team.

Responsibilities

• Assist the practice clinical team in delivering prescribed patient care programmes.
• Participate in health promotion and screening activities.
• Monitor BP and perform routine clinical tasks as directed by senior staff.
• Assist in specimen collection and processing as required.
• Support vaccination programmes (influenza, pneumonia, shingles) where competent.
• Ensure safe environments and equipment before/after care interventions.

Skills

BP monitoring

Wound care

Spirometry

Vaccinations

Urinalysis

Data entry

Tools

Dopplers

Job description

Working under the direct supervision of a registered nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care. The Healthcare Assistant works as part of the primary care team to provide high-quality patient care and support within the GP practice. Under the direction of GPs, Practice Nurses, and other healthcare professionals, the post holder delivers a range of clinical and health promotion activities, helping to improve patient outcomes and ensure the effective delivery of services. The HCA will provide compassionate, patient-centred care while maintaining high standards of confidentiality, safety, and professionalism. Key Duties and Responsibilities: Participates in programmes for the management of long term conditions, e.g. hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes Assists patients and where appropriate encourages self-care and self-management of self-limiting conditions through health promotion Understands and works within own scope of practice and refers to other healthcare professionals where appropriate Works within own competency and relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning etc. Encourages and supports individuals, families and groups to address issues which affect their health and social well being Early symptom recognition and presentation (including case finding) by the provision of outreach services, signposting to services and self-care opportunities Raises awareness among the population of symptoms, services and self-care/ self-management of long term conditions Undertakes advocacy to support patients to overcome barriers to accessing services and support them to navigate diagnostic and treatment processes where appropriate Undertakes liaison with patients GPs Represents the interests of individuals and families when they are not able to do so themselves Help to process data in connection with QOF recalling patients to attend clinics as and when necessary Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care as directed by senior nursing staff, GPs or other members of the practice team, which may include: Chaperoning duties BP monitoring Health Checks Urinalysis as required. Wound care including Dopplers and compression therapy and removal of sutures/clips (depending on competency) Influenza vaccinations including pneumonia and shingles (depending on competency) Administering injections e.g. B12 under PSD (depending on competency) Smoking prevention as applicable (depending on competency) Diabetic feet (depending on competency) Ear Syringing (depending on competency) Spirometry and reversibility (depending on competency) Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording (depending on competency) Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations depending on competency Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly as required and reporting any problems appropriately. Preparing medical equipment by ensuring infection and control procedures are adhered to as required. Carry out hypertension reviews as required. Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being

Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust