Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Burlington Primary Care are looking to welcome an experienced healthcare assistant into our practice to support our nursing team. This role is a fixed term contract for 15 months and is offered on a full-time basis. Exact shifts will be agreed with successful candidate but will be worked over 4 days, between the hours of 7am and 6.30pm.

Working under the direct supervision and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care. You will be able to grow your current skills and experience, dealing with a range of patients and NHS professionals. You will run your own clinics.

The job role will include supporting the clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care including chronic disease management.

Main duties of the job

• ECG recording
• Phlebotomy
• Spirometry
• 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
• Assisting with childhood immunisations
• Height/weight/BP measurements
• Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
• Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
• Wound care (with training)
• Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
• 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
• B12 loading doses
• Long term condition reviews
• Checking ears
• Dopplers

About us

Patients are at the heart of all that the practice does.

We are a busy practice in the heart of Ipswich, rated "Good" by CQC, with over 18,000 patients. Our demographic is varied and will provide the chosen candidate with good all round heath care experience. We have a long standing friendly and professional team of nurses and nurse practitioners for you to be part of.

At BPC, we have a team made up of partners, salaried GPs, trainee GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, practice nurses, emergency care practitioners, health care assistants, pharmacists, admin assistants, care navigators, social prescribers and the management teams. As you can imagine, there's always someone about.

What we can offer you.

• 6 weeks holiday plus bank holidays.
• Membership to NHS pension scheme with 14.38% employer contribution
• Monthly well-being staff events
• Staff well-being rest rooms that includes an outside garden space
• Team building events
• Staff development - for staff to grow and progress within the organisation.
• Staff Parking
• Personalised NHS fleece and uniform if required.