Marsden Road Health Centre

Health Care Assistant

The closing date is 04 June 2025

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced HCA to join the team for 37.5 hours per week at Marsden Medical Group. Working alongside our Nurses, NA's, SNA's and HCA's the successful candidate will be part of a large nursing team who work across two sites supporting the diverse clinical team.

We are particularily interested in candidates who have expereince in dressings (Simple wound care managemen tunder supervision of nursing team), phlebotomy and spirometry.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for our new team member to have the following skills:

Phlebotomy

Dressings (Simple wound care management)

Removal of stitches/clips

Blood Pressure checks (24 hour monitoring desirable)

Dip Urine

Injections (B12, Flu)

We are particularily interested in candidates who have expereince in Spirometry, Long Term Condition data gathering.

Successful candidates who have been selected for interview will be contacted by e-mail within 10 working days of the closing date for applications. If you have not heard by this time unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.

The current vacancy is for 37.5 hours per week.

About us

Our team comprises of Partners, salaried GPs, Nurses, NA's, SNA's. HCA's, Doctors in Training, F2 Doctor and who look after over 22800 patients, many of which have been with us across generations. All of our clinical staff are supported by a well-established management and admin team comprising of over 40 staff of differing roles. All the team get together in our staff room for a cuppa, food and a catch up every day, it offers a supportive environment to bounce ideas around and get to know one another!

If you bake cake its a winner - we all love cake!

We are always excited to try other culinary delights too :-)

Details

Date posted

14 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year Pro rata to 37.5 (WTE) Dependant on expereince

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3186-25-000125

Job locations

Marsden Road

South Shields

Tyne and Wear

NE34 6RE


Wawn Street

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 4DX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Working under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager and senior practice nurses and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols and within the scope of their practice, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care, including preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Phlebotomy
  • Spirometry
  • Assisting the Practice Nurse with Long Term Condition Management
  • Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required under supervision of the Practice Nurse
  • Administer Injections under PSD
  • Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
  • 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 of fridge temperatures.
  • Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
  • 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
  • Assist the wider team with adhering with the practice IPC policy
  • Additional duties as required by scope of the role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working under the direct supervision of the Nurse Manager and senior practice nurses and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols and within the scope of their practice, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care, including preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

Duties and responsibilities:

  • Phlebotomy
  • Spirometry
  • Assisting the Practice Nurse with Long Term Condition Management
  • Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required under supervision of the Practice Nurse
  • Administer Injections under PSD
  • Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
  • 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 of fridge temperatures.
  • Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
  • 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
  • Assist the wider team with adhering with the practice IPC policy
  • Additional duties as required by scope of the role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a qualified HCA for minimum of 24 months.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in general practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE (or equivalent) English
  • Expereince of working as qualified HCA (NVQ Level 3)

Desirable

  • Phlebotomy
  • Spirometry
  • Injections
  • Primary care experience
  • GP Practice experience
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working as a qualified HCA for minimum of 24 months.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in general practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • GCSE (or equivalent) English
  • Expereince of working as qualified HCA (NVQ Level 3)

Desirable

  • Phlebotomy
  • Spirometry
  • Injections
  • Primary care experience
  • GP Practice experience

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

Marsden Road Health Centre

Address

Marsden Road

South Shields

Tyne and Wear

NE34 6RE


Employer's website

https://marsdenhc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Marsden Road Health Centre

Address

Marsden Road

South Shields

Tyne and Wear

NE34 6RE


Employer's website

https://marsdenhc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Nurse Manager Alison Ashman

The Management Team and Senior Team

01914068111

Details

Date posted

14 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year Pro rata to 37.5 (WTE) Dependant on expereince

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A3186-25-000125

Job locations

Marsden Road

South Shields

Tyne and Wear

NE34 6RE


Wawn Street

South Shields

Tyne And Wear

NE33 4DX


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