Health Care Assistant

Job summary

The Health Care Assistant (HCA) plays a vital role within primary care, supporting the clinical team in delivering high-quality patient care.

We are interested in hearing from an experienced HCA who is a caring and enthusiastic individual who wants to work in our friendly practice to enhance our nursing team in delivering outstanding care.

Main duties of the job

To assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of high quality patient care. Undertaking clinical work and related tasks as delegated by the practice nurses or GPs following appropriate training and assessment of competency.

To work as part of the Practice Nurse team and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols.

To assist the Practice Nurses in the annual reviews for patients on the practice register for Diabetes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, Chronic Heart Disease, Chronic Kidney disease, Ischemic Heart Disease, Hypothyroidism, Mental Health and Hypertensive Disease.

To assist in the smooth running of clinics ensuring all necessary equipment and stock is available and high quality standards of infection control are maintained.

Some of the other duties include, though are not limited to

Phlebotomy

Wound Care

Assisting in Minor Surgery/Women's Health Clinics

Blood pressures and ECG's

Chaperoning

Administering Flu and B12 injections under a Patient Specific Directive

About us

Garforth Medical Practice is a training practice which cares for over 14000 patients. We are across 2 sites and have a team of 11 GP's, ANP's, Practice Matron and a large team of care coordinators and administrative staff. Our Practice Nursing Team consists of 6 Practice Nurses, a Phlebotomist, 2 HCA's and a Nursing Associate from the local PCN.

The Garforth Medical practice is a general practice that is accessed by the immediate population of the area and has evolved steadily over the years. The main practice covers the Garforth area in the east of Leeds and is mainly suburban with a smaller outlying semi rural population. At the present time our list size is around 15,000.

There are two surgeries, the main surgery being in Garforth. The branch surgery is in the nearby village of Barwick in Elmet approx 3 miles away. Patients can, and do, attend any of the surgeries, but normally attend the nearest surgery for most of their services. The branch site is a dispensing surgery.

We also provide care and services for 3 Residential/Nursing Homes

The practice is located in an attractive and fairly affluent area. Being on the outskirts of the vibrant city of Leeds and having easy access to the M62 motorway and M1/A1 link, combined with excellent railway communications makes this a very desirable area to live. There are excellent schools and ample good quality housing.