St John's Medical Practice

Health Care Assistant

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Job summary

We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant with excellent patient care skills to work within our surgery 3 days per week.You should be a calm and reliable person, have strong communication skills, be able to uphold confidentiality principles at all times, be computer literate and be comfortable working under pressure and with our team.

Main duties of the job

Knowledge and ability of taking blood pressure, ECG recording, flu, pneumonia, B12 injections, lifestyle/dietary advice and phlebotomy are essential.

About us

St John's Medical Practice is located in Sevenoaks, Kent and has easy access to the M25 and rail links to London.We are a small friendly team consisting of 2 GP partners, 1 salaried GP, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Pharmacist Plus our admin team.Our surgery consists of approximately 8,800 patients.

Details

Date posted

31 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A5098-24-0000

Job locations

39 St John's Hill

Sevenoaks

Kent

TN13 3NT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

Blood pressure check, New patient health checks/heart checks, ECG recording, Phlebotomy, INR testing, Spirometry, Chaperoning duties, Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses, Cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment,Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording, Surgical equipment and re-stocking and stock rotation (excluding vaccines), Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms.

Any other duties for which you have undertaken training and peer supervision e.g. flu vaccinations, pneumonia and B12 vaccinations, dietary/lifestyle.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

Blood pressure check, New patient health checks/heart checks, ECG recording, Phlebotomy, INR testing, Spirometry, Chaperoning duties, Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses, Cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment,Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording, Surgical equipment and re-stocking and stock rotation (excluding vaccines), Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms.

Any other duties for which you have undertaken training and peer supervision e.g. flu vaccinations, pneumonia and B12 vaccinations, dietary/lifestyle.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a nursing and HCA team
  • Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients.
  • Clinical
  • -Vaccinations
  • - ECG
  • - Diabetic Foot checks
  • - BP check/ BP monitoring
  • - Height/weight monitoring
  • - New patient health checks in accordance with the practice procedure
  • - Vaccinations (under instruction of Medical Practitioner).
  • - Wound Care Management.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care and using EMIS WEB
  • Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • Ideally you will have the HCA Care Certificates, HCA skills and competency in ECG, NHS Health Check and working with patients with long term condition such as diabetes, although training will be offered to the right candidate.

Desirable

  • Qualified in Phlebotomy
  • Qualified to NVQ level 3
  • GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
  • Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within a nursing and HCA team
  • Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients.
  • Clinical
  • -Vaccinations
  • - ECG
  • - Diabetic Foot checks
  • - BP check/ BP monitoring
  • - Height/weight monitoring
  • - New patient health checks in accordance with the practice procedure
  • - Vaccinations (under instruction of Medical Practitioner).
  • - Wound Care Management.

Desirable

  • Experience of working in primary care and using EMIS WEB
  • Experience of working in a GP practice

Qualifications

Essential

  • Ideally you will have the HCA Care Certificates, HCA skills and competency in ECG, NHS Health Check and working with patients with long term condition such as diabetes, although training will be offered to the right candidate.

Desirable

  • Qualified in Phlebotomy
  • Qualified to NVQ level 3
  • GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
  • Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care

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

St John's Medical Practice

Address

39 St John's Hill

Sevenoaks

Kent

TN13 3NT


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

St John's Medical Practice

Address

39 St John's Hill

Sevenoaks

Kent

TN13 3NT


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

B Gallaway-Meyer

bridgettegallaway-meyer@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

31 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A5098-24-0000

Job locations

39 St John's Hill

Sevenoaks

Kent

TN13 3NT


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