This healthcare assistant post sits with the clinical team at Newport Health Centre, reporting to the Lead Practice Nurse in a partnership that now also covers Cowes Medical Centre. The work supports prescribed patient care, including health checks, ECG recording, phlebotomy, chaperoning and processing lab samples, alongside vaccine cold-chain and stock management. The post is full time, though part-time applications are considered, covering Monday to Friday 07:30 to 18:00 with occasional Saturdays and travel between sites. Prior healthcare assistant or adult health and social care experience is essential.
What the job involves
- New patient health checks
- ECG recording
- Phlebotomy
- Chaperoning
- Processing and managing lab samples requested by GPs and nurses
- Vaccine cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
- Restocking equipment, vaccines and consulting rooms, with stock rotation
- Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment around patient care, including assisting GPs in minor operations
- Assisting in assessing and monitoring patients' health and wellbeing
- Delegated clinical activities for named patients, taught individually
- Infection control, PPE, sharps, waste and decontamination across the practice
- Promoting health and wellbeing awareness and collecting data on needs
What’s required
Experience
- Experience as a healthcare assistant, or in adult health and social care, learning support or public health, including unpaid work
- Health and safety awareness
- Basic first aid knowledge
Skills & knowledge
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Customer service skills with a patient focus
- Teamwork and working with other health professionals
- Organisation, planning and prioritising, including to deadlines
- Effective time management
- Computer skills, including word processing, email and internet
Other
- Person-centred, non-judgemental support that builds trust
- Identifying and managing risk when working with individuals
- Emotional resilience and accountability under pressure
- Adaptability to change
- Commitment to reducing health inequalities
- Working with people from all backgrounds and respecting diversity
Nice to have
- Full UK driving licence and own transport
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Phlebotomy accreditation
- Immunisation and vaccination accreditation
- Experience working in a GP practice
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Basic knowledge of blood-borne diseases
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
