This is a part-time Healthcare Assistant post within the nursing team of a GP practice, delivering primary care services alongside GPs and nurses. The work centres on long-term condition assessments, NHS health checks, hypertension reviews, wound care, ECGs and venepuncture, with recording of patient observations. Four morning sessions a week are split across two sites, and the practice is a teaching and training practice. A phlebotomy qualification and prior healthcare assistant experience in primary care are required.
What the job involves
- Carry out long-term condition initial assessment reviews
- Carry out NHS health checks
- Carry out hypertension reviews
- Provide wound care and wound checks
- Perform ECGs
- Perform venepuncture
- Record patient observations including blood pressure, pulse, height, weight and BMI
- Provide lifestyle advice and health promotion
- Document accurately within the clinical system
- Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses and the wider multidisciplinary team
- Maintain infection prevention and control standards
- Assist clinical staff in treatment, preventative care and patient education
Qualifications
- GCSE grade A-C in English and Maths
- Phlebotomy qualification
Experience
- Previous healthcare assistant experience within a GP practice or primary care setting
Skills & knowledge
- Experience of long-term condition initial assessment reviews, hypertension reviews, wound care and wound checks, and venepuncture
- Excellent communication and patient care skills
- Good IT skills
- Working independently and as part of a team
Nice to have
- Experience of SystmOne
- Spirometry
- Doppler assessments
- Experience of NHS health checks and ECGs
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
