Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

In this exciting role as a Healthcare Assistant you will offer general assistance to the Nursing Team, liaising closely with the Practice Nurses. The successful candidate will be expected to abide by and promote the Practice vision and core values.

As a HCA you will be involved primarily in the provision of a phlebotomy service, the management of laboratory samples for the practice patients, components of the new patient check, urinalysis, ECG recording, chaperoning patients, cleaning and sterilising of instruments, maintenance of equipment, ordering of stock and re-stocking GPs and Nurses treatment rooms.

Our HCAs are also responsible for documenting patient consultations on the information systems in General Practice and maintaining appropriate records to ensure continuity and quality of care for patients.

The successful candidate will be willing maintain their skills and competencies and undertake such training and development as may from time-to-time be required to maintain personal competency.

As one of our HCAs you will participate in all activities required by CQC registration.

As a multi-site Practice, you will be required to have flexibility with regard to rotas and working patterns across all Lancaster Medical Practice sites.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will assist with general nursing duties, under the supervision of the Practice Nursing Team, i.e. Urine testing, weight/height, blood pressure measurements, ECG recording, phlebotomy and the delivery of flu vaccinations (with appropriate training).

The post-holder will be responsible for the processing and management of laboratory samples requested by the GP/ Practice Nurses with specific responsibility to ensure that the samples are correctly labelled, sent to the laboratory promptly and that data is entered onto the patients computer records.

The post-holder will act as a chaperone as required to GPs and Practice Nurses.

The post-holder will ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and that sharps bins are replaced in accordance with the practice policy.

About us

Who are we?

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages and the University Campus. We deliver our services from seven locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community.

What do we offer?

• The opportunity to be part of a progressive, forward-thinking organisation with patient centred General Practice at our core.
• Working during our opening hours - no unsociable hours or bank holiday working.
• Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days, plus bank holidays.
• Opportunity to join the generous NHS pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, which is a confidential and independent counselling and information service available to all employees.
• Access to a number of NHS discounts.
• Social events throughout the year.
• Savings scheme designed specifically to help you save for Christmas.

LMP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment and will be responsible for safeguarding the interests of children and adults who they come into contact with during their work. All successful candidates will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).