Job summary
Healthcare Assistant General Practice
Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant? We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant who will assist the GPs practice nurse and ANP team in the safe, caring and effective delivery of the care management of the practice population.
Salary: £26.182- £27.375 annum, DOE
Location: PC24 practices
Contract: Permanent
Shifts:37.5 hours per week, between Monday Friday between 08.00 and 18.30, part time may be considered
What will you be doing
Promote health education to all patients you come into contact with to keep them at optimum health.
Work alongside clinicians measuring blood pressure, temperature, pulse, height and weight.
Collect specimens as directed by clinicians.
Carry out Urinalysis on patients.
Assist clinicians with application of non-adherent dressings.
Act of a chaperone when required.
Knowledge of policies and procedures and adherence to.
Liaise with other services and organisations regarding services provided and current practices to develop best evidence-based practices.
Complete accurate records consistent with legislation and policy.
Identify, assess, manage and escalate any risks or incidents and support in sharing best practice.
Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
Main duties of the job
What do I need
NVQ level 2 or 3 in Health & Social care.
Excellent communication skills and able to adapt to individuals needs.
Great customer service skills.
Experience of working in a General Practice environment
Training certificates for BSL, Infection control, Information Governance, Safeguarding Adults and Children level 3.
Flexibility to work across all PC24 sites.
About us
Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff. We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities. We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.
About us
hats on offer?
£26.182 - £27.375 annum, DOE
Contract Permanent
27 days annual leave (pro rata) previous NHS service will be taken into account.
NHS pension scheme
NHS car fleet scheme
NHS home electronics scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Eligible to apply for blue light card
Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts.
Colleague events
Come join our proud team!
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Healthcare Assistant General Practice
Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant?We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant who will assist the GPs practice nurse and ANP team in the safe, caring and effective delivery of the care management of the practice population.
Salary: £26.182- £27.375 annum, DOE
Location: PC24 practices
Contract: Permanent
Shifts:37.5 hours per week, between Monday Friday between 08.00 and 18.30, part time may be considered
What will you be doing
- Promote health education to all patients you come into contact with to keep them at optimum health.
- Work alongside clinicians measuring blood pressure, temperature, pulse, height and weight.
- Collect specimens as directed by clinicians.
- Carry out Urinalysis on patients.
- Assist clinicians with application of non-adherent dressings.
- Act of a chaperone when required.
- Knowledge of policies and procedures and adherence to.
- Liaise with other services and organisations regarding services provided and current practices to develop best evidence-based practices.
- Complete accurate records consistent with legislation and policy.
- Identify, assess, manage and escalate any risks or incidents and support in sharing best practice.
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
What do I need
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in Health & Social care.
- Excellent communication skills and able to adapt to individuals needs.
- Great customer service skills.
- Experience of working in a General Practice environment
- Training certificates for BSL, Infection control, Information Governance, Safeguarding Adults and Children level 3.
- Flexibility to work across all PC24 sites.
About us
Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff.We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities.We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.
Whats on offer?
- £26.182 - £27.375 annum, DOE
- Contract Permanent
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata) previous NHS service will be taken into account.
- NHS pension scheme
- NHS car fleet scheme
- NHS home electronics scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eligible to apply for blue light card
- Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts.
- Colleague events
Come join our proud team!
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Healthcare Assistant General Practice
Are you an experienced Healthcare Assistant?We are looking for a Healthcare Assistant who will assist the GPs practice nurse and ANP team in the safe, caring and effective delivery of the care management of the practice population.
Salary: £26.182- £27.375 annum, DOE
Location: PC24 practices
Contract: Permanent
Shifts:37.5 hours per week, between Monday Friday between 08.00 and 18.30, part time may be considered
What will you be doing
- Promote health education to all patients you come into contact with to keep them at optimum health.
- Work alongside clinicians measuring blood pressure, temperature, pulse, height and weight.
- Collect specimens as directed by clinicians.
- Carry out Urinalysis on patients.
- Assist clinicians with application of non-adherent dressings.
- Act of a chaperone when required.
- Knowledge of policies and procedures and adherence to.
- Liaise with other services and organisations regarding services provided and current practices to develop best evidence-based practices.
- Complete accurate records consistent with legislation and policy.
- Identify, assess, manage and escalate any risks or incidents and support in sharing best practice.
- Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
What do I need
- NVQ level 2 or 3 in Health & Social care.
- Excellent communication skills and able to adapt to individuals needs.
- Great customer service skills.
- Experience of working in a General Practice environment
- Training certificates for BSL, Infection control, Information Governance, Safeguarding Adults and Children level 3.
- Flexibility to work across all PC24 sites.
About us
Primary Care 24 (PC24) is a not-for-profit social enterprise established in 1990, delivering NHS contracts exclusively. The majority of our surplus is reinvested in patients and staff.We believe that primary healthcare should be accessible for everyone and are committed to delivering the best quality care we can, challenging social exclusion and working locally, where and when we can, to support our communities.We combine the best of the NHS with social enterprise innovation, developing solutions for NHS primary care and caring for our clinicians so that they can, in turn, care for our patients.
Whats on offer?
- £26.182 - £27.375 annum, DOE
- Contract Permanent
- 27 days annual leave (pro rata) previous NHS service will be taken into account.
- NHS pension scheme
- NHS car fleet scheme
- NHS home electronics scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eligible to apply for blue light card
- Colleague wellbeing package - which includes a doctor line, access to Westfield rewards, wellbeing support and gym discounts.
- Colleague events
Come join our proud team!
This vacancy may close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore, it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
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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.
