Watling Street Practice

Healthcare Assistant

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Job summary

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our clinical team; someone with excellent communication skills, a strong sense of empathy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast paced environment.

If you're passionate about making a positive impact on patients lives and are ready to contribute to a hardworking, collaborative clinical team, wed love to hear from you.

Salary and Benefits

  • £13.20 per hour
  • An excellent NHS pension scheme
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
  • NHS Discounts with a massive number of retailers (with a Bluelight card)
  • Wellbeing resources available free to all staff

Shift Pattern - 20-30 hours per week

Conversations around flexible working, compressed hours or alternative hours are encouraged.

You will be working up to 5 days per week, across our 3 Practice sites in Milton Keynes.

Main duties of the job

You will work closely with our well established clinical team to help provide clinical care and manage acute demand, seeing patients with a variety of conditions.

About us

Our ethos is to treat patients as we would expect our family members to be treated. We are proud of our caring and supportive team approach and it is important that the successful applicant fits well within our team.

We pride ourselves on being a modern, forward thinking general practice whilst retaining traditional values.

As Watling Street Practice, our three sites are within Stony Stratford, Great Holm and Shenley Church End. We are part of the Watling Street Primary Care Network and have a community team including nurses, social prescribers and social work assistant supporting our patient populations.

We strive to provide high quality, readily accessible medical and preventative health care within a well organised, efficient, up-to-date, friendly and caring environment.

Details

Date posted

20 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13.20 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A2688-25-0004

Job locations

The Health Centre

Market Square

Stony Stratford

Milton Keynes

MK11 1YA


Burchard Crescent

Shenley Church End

Milton Keynes

MK5 6EY


Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

MK8 9HN


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • New patient health checks
  • ECG recording
  • Phlebotomy
  • Chaperoning duties
  • Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
  • Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
  • Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
  • Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
  • 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
  • Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
  • Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
  • Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
  • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

About the Candidate

Attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a commitment to providing high quality patient care are essential in this role.

Our practice spans three sites across Milton Keynes, so the successful applicant will need their own transport.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • New patient health checks
  • ECG recording
  • Phlebotomy
  • Chaperoning duties
  • Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
  • Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
  • Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
  • Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
  • 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
  • Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
  • Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
  • Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
  • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being

About the Candidate

Attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a commitment to providing high quality patient care are essential in this role.

Our practice spans three sites across Milton Keynes, so the successful applicant will need their own transport.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Phlebotomy
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Phlebotomy

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

Watling Street Practice

Address

The Health Centre

Market Square

Stony Stratford

Milton Keynes

MK11 1YA


Employer's website

https://www.stonymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Watling Street Practice

Address

The Health Centre

Market Square

Stony Stratford

Milton Keynes

MK11 1YA


Employer's website

https://www.stonymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Coordinator

Jacobi Maro

wsp.peopleteam@nhs.net

01908082522

Details

Date posted

20 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£13.20 an hour

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A2688-25-0004

Job locations

The Health Centre

Market Square

Stony Stratford

Milton Keynes

MK11 1YA


Burchard Crescent

Shenley Church End

Milton Keynes

MK5 6EY


Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

MK8 9HN


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