Healthcare Assistant

WOODLANDS SURGERY

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Job summary

We are currently seeking a Healthcare Assistant to join our team at the Woodlands Surgery. We are seeking some to work on a full or part time basis with the minimum requirement being 23hrs per week.

The applicant should be friendly, organised and able to work autonomously in a busy fast faced environment.

Ideally the successful applicant will have previous experience in a similar role, however as a basic criteria we do require phlebotomy skills.

Full clinical support and training will be provided.

Main duties of the job

Duties of the role are as follows:

  • patient healthchecks
  • Phlebotomy
  • ECG's
  • Spirometry
  • Chaperoning duties
  • smoking cessation clinics
  • weight management clinics
  • processing laboratory samples as requested by a clinician
  • clinical equipment maintenance and stock checks
  • Cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

This list is not exhaustive, please see the full job description for further details of the role.

About us

The Woodlands Surgery is a GP practice that currently serves 11600 patients across Cambridge.

The Woodlands is a training practice and as such has an ethos of supporting staff development across all roles.

The Woodlands team is very friendly and supportive. We have a focus on staff wellbeing and have a well established team in place.

The Woodlands has excellent public transport links for both bus and train services as well as staff parking available on site.

Date posted

29 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0742-24-0000

Job locations

Eden House

48-49 Bateman Street

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 1LR


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description attached. This contains full details of the role.

If you are interested in applying but are unsure if this is for you, then I would encourage you to get in touch for an informal chat.

Please ask for Kirsty Dance, Practice Manager on 01223697600.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description attached. This contains full details of the role.

If you are interested in applying but are unsure if this is for you, then I would encourage you to get in touch for an informal chat.

Please ask for Kirsty Dance, Practice Manager on 01223697600.

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication Skills.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Able to treat patients with empathy, dignity and respect.
  • Ability to multi-task where appropriate.
  • Able to be dynamic/proactive and work well both autonomously and as part of a team.

Desirable

  • Experience of using the SYstmOne clinical I.T system.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable

  • Healthcare certificate

Experience

Essential

  • Previous Phlebotomy experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a similar role.
  • Knowledge of Primary Care
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication Skills.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Able to treat patients with empathy, dignity and respect.
  • Ability to multi-task where appropriate.
  • Able to be dynamic/proactive and work well both autonomously and as part of a team.

Desirable

  • Experience of using the SYstmOne clinical I.T system.

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths

Desirable

  • Healthcare certificate

Experience

Essential

  • Previous Phlebotomy experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience in a similar role.
  • Knowledge of Primary Care

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

WOODLANDS SURGERY

Address

Eden House

48-49 Bateman Street

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 1LR


Employer's website

http://www.woodlandssurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

WOODLANDS SURGERY

Address

Eden House

48-49 Bateman Street

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 1LR


Employer's website

http://www.woodlandssurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Business Manager

Kirsty Dance

kirsty.dance@nhs.net

01223697600

Date posted

29 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0742-24-0000

Job locations

Eden House

48-49 Bateman Street

Cambridge

Cambridgeshire

CB2 1LR


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