Health Care Assistant

Job summary

Job Title: Health Care Assistant (part time, 16 hours, permanent)

Salary: On application, dependent on experience.

Job Summary:

We are a friendly GP surgery looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and organised applicant to join our team as a part time Health Care Assistant.

The main roles of the Health Care Assistant will be undertaking clinical care tasks, clinical support tasks, restocking and stock rotation. The essential clinical care tasks include daily phlebotomy sessions and basic wound care.

The Practice is located 25 minutes from Cardiff and Swansea and is less than a mile from Junction 37 of the M4.

To commence as soon as possible

Main duties of the job

RESPONSIBLE TO

The HCA is responsible in the first instance to the Lead Practice Nurse and then to the Partner for all clinical matters. The HCA is responsible to the Practice Manager for administrative and employment matters.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The purpose of the post is to support the nurse and doctor teams by undertaking patient care tasks, clinical support tasks, infection control tasks, restocking and stock rotation.

SCOPE OF THE JOB

The HCA will perform tasks prescribed and delegated by the clinical team, working to agreed protocols and within defined competencies.

About us

We are a friendly GP practice consisting of 6 partners, 1 full-time nurse, 1 part time HCA and supported by an experienced admin team. There are approximetely 9000 patient registered here.

We work closely together to ensure a smooth running of the surgery.