A Healthcare Assistant post within the clinical team at Moulton Medical Centre, a GMS general practice. The role supports nursing and GP clinics with hands-on patient care, including wound dressings, blood pressure and asthma reviews, and routine observations, working within agreed protocols. It is a direct patient contact role in a dispensing practice of around 5,600 patients, sitting alongside GPs, a paramedic and practice nurses. Applicants need a Care Certificate or equivalent and must pass a DBS check.
What the job involves
- Undertake wound care, including dressing changes, basic wound assessment and monitoring, and escalating concerns about healing or infection
- Remove simple sutures and clips where appropriately trained and competent
- Support hypertension management by measuring and recording blood pressure, giving lifestyle advice and escalating abnormal readings
- Carry out basic asthma reviews within protocols, including questionnaires, inhaler technique, peak flow and self-management advice
- Take routine observations, including blood pressure, height, weight, BMI, pulse, oxygen saturation and temperature, and diabetic foot checks
- Assist with health promotion and patient education as directed by clinicians
- Support nursing and GP clinics by preparing consulting rooms, chaperoning patients and assisting with minor procedures
- Keep equipment and clinical rooms clean, stocked and working correctly
- Maintain stock of clinical supplies and dressings, including ordering and storage
- Document clinical activity accurately in the electronic patient record system
- Work within competence, seek support when needed, and follow practice policies and infection prevention and control standards
- Maintain patient confidentiality, complete mandatory training and CPD, and contribute to quality improvement and team meetings
What's required
Qualifications
- Care Certificate or NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care, or equivalent healthcare assistant training
Experience
- Healthcare assistant or direct patient-facing experience in a GP practice, community, outpatient or similar setting
- Wound care and dressing management
- Clinical observations, including blood pressure measurement
- Supporting long-term condition monitoring
Skills & knowledge
- Infection prevention and control principles
- Knowledge of safeguarding responsibilities
- Accurate clinical records and basic IT skills on electronic patient record systems
- Competence in measuring and recording physiological observations
- Basic understanding of asthma management and inhaler technique
- Working independently within protocols and prioritising workload
Checks & eligibility
- DBS check, subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975
Other
- Good communication and interpersonal skills, with a caring, patient-focused approach
- Reliable, organised and flexible
- Working effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Commitment to confidentiality and professional standards
Nice to have
- Experience in general practice or primary care, including knowledge of primary care pathways
- Experience supporting hypertension reviews
- Experience supporting asthma reviews
- Experience in suture or clip removal
- Experience using SystmOne or similar clinical systems
- Experience undertaking ECGs
- Experience carrying out NHS Health Checks
- Knowledge of chronic disease management and awareness of CQC standards
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
