Health Care Assistant

Job summary

We are looking to recruit 2 part-time healthcare assistants to our growing practice team, each post will be 25 hours per week on a set rota between the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday.

The post holder will work under indirect supervision of Lead Nurse and GP's.

Undertaking tasks and duties delegated. Working collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of the patients, following polices and procedures.

The post holder will require good communication skills at all levels, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication where appropriate.

Take responsibility for their own developments and be familiar with the changing structures of the health care provision relevant to primary care. Use and adopt best practice for health and safety, infection control and record keeping. Understand cold chain, storage, rotation practices and apply. Know the general principles of first aid and basic life support to be able to take action if required. Be able to identify risks from chemical or micro bacterial hazards.

Assist in clinical audits, promote good health and contribute to practice protocols or standards, ensuring personal actions are consistent with clinical governance.

Main duties of the job

To undertake, record and follow guidelines for the tasks you will receive following training,

Complete physiological measurements, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, height and weight, venepuncture, ECG, Vaccination/b12/flu, chaperoning, Health checks of all types, holter monitoring, BP averaging, Pregnancy testing, Urinalysis, POC testing eg d-dimer and other areas, Minor surgery set up and cryotherapy.

There are also a selection of administrative duties such as stock ordering, clinical waste management , fridge temps that fall under the Health Care Assistants remit.

Prepare and maintain equipment and environment, before during and after interventions. Be aware of statutory child health procedures. Have a basic understanding of long term conditions. Give accurate information. Update the patient record using System One, inputting accurate read codes in a timely fashion. Take the necessary precautions when transmitting information.

There are areas of progression to enable the right candidate to grow.

About us

We are a well respected teaching practice that is continuously growing in size. We are based on the border of Grimsby and Cleethorpes with a varied demographic of patients.

We have five Doctor partners and two salaried Doctors with a clinical team made up of Practitioners, Practice nurses and Health care assistants.

To ensure we can continuously meet the patient demand for healthcare we are always looking at our team and their needs to ensure we have a good balance. Our staff are a long standing team who pull together to help each other and the wider population offering respect, dignity and quality care.