Healthcare Assistant in Milton Keynes

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our clinical team; someone with excellent communication skills, a strong sense of empathy, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. If you are passionate about making a positive impact on patients' lives and are ready to contribute to a hardworking, collaborative clinical team, we would love to hear from you.

Salary and Benefits:

• £12.75 to £13.20 per hour, depending on experience
• An excellent NHS pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave (pro-rata), plus bank holidays
• NHS Discounts with a massive number of retailers (with a Blue Light card)
• Wellbeing resources available free to all staff

Shift Pattern:

• 30 to 35 hours per week
• Conversations around flexible working, compressed hours or alternative hours are encouraged.
• You will be working Monday to Thursday, from 8am to 4pm (30 hours), with the option for additional hours on Fridays.

Main duties of the job:

• You will work closely with our well-established clinical team to help provide clinical care and manage acute demand, seeing patients with a variety of conditions.

About the Candidate:

• Attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a commitment to providing high-quality patient care are essential in this role.
• Our practice spans three sites across Milton Keynes, so the successful applicant will need their own transport.

About us:

Our ethos is to treat patients as we would expect our family members to be treated. We are proud of our caring and supportive team approach and it is important that the successful applicant fits well within our team. We pride ourselves on being a modern, forward-thinking general practice whilst retaining traditional values. As Watling Street Practice, our three sites are within Stony Stratford, Great Holm and Shenley Church End. We are part of the Watling Street Primary Care Network and have a community team including nurses, social prescribers and social work assistants supporting our patient populations. We strive to provide high quality, readily accessible medical and preventative health care within a well-organised, efficient, up-to-date, friendly and caring environment.

Job responsibilities:

• New patient health checks
• 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
• Surgical 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, 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

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Essential: Phlebotomy
• NHS Health Checks
• Capillary Blood Tests (Fingerprick Tests)
• Minor Ops Clinics / Family Planning Assistance
• Dressings
• Removal of Sutures
• B12 Injections
• Vaccinations
• Blood Pressure Checks
• Sample Management
• LTCs
• ECGs

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details:

Employer name: Watling Street Practice

Address: Kensington Drive, Great Holm, Milton Keynes MK89HN