Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

The Humbleyard Practice has a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated healthcare assistant to join the practice, to support the nursing team, on a full or part-time basis and job share will be considered.

The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence, requiring you to work effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team. We are looking for a proactive and well organised person, ideally with previous experience as a healthcare assistant or as a phlebotomist in general practice.

Main duties of the job

The healthcare assistant will be able to apply their clinical skills and knowledge to carry out high quality practice within designated clinical areas such as:

• Health checks.
• Vaccinations.
• Dressings.
• 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.
• Surgery 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. .
• 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 wellbeing.

About us

We are a large, semi-rural, dispensing, research and GP training practice operating over three surgery sites, Hethersett, Cringleford and Mulbarton, just to the southwest of the fine city of Norwich. We have a fast-growing list size of 22,000 patients and we are part of the 5-practice Ketts Oak Primary Care Network.

Why join us:

• Work with a fantastic group of professionals who are passionate about patient care. Gain valuable skills and experience in a healthcare setting.
• Make a real difference in the lives of patients by ensuring they receive the care they need.
• NHS Pension.
• Free onsite parking.
• Employee Assistance Scheme.
• NHS discounts.

Please find out more about us on our website: www.humbleyard.nhs.uk