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SalaryAbout the Role
The Humbleyard Practice has a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join the practice, to support the nursing team, on a full or part-time basis and job share will be considered.
Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse, and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, you will assist the clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
The Healthcare Assistant will be able to apply their clinical skills and knowledge to carry out high quality practice within designated clinical areas such as:
- Health checks.
- Vaccinations.
- Dressings.
- 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.
- Surgery 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 and other clinics.
- 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 wellbeing.
The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence, requiring you to work effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
About the Candidate
We are looking for a proactive and well organised person, ideally with previous experience as a Healthcare Assistant or as a phlebotomist in general practice.
You will have the following skills and qualifications:
- Successful completion of the Care Certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC.
- Ideally a qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture.
- Strong clinical skills.
- Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post.
- Experience within primary care or another healthcare setting
- Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills
- Consistently confidential manner, as well as a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
- Ability to work independently and determine own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
About Us
We are a large, semi-rural, dispensing, research and GP training Practice operating over three surgery sites (Hethersett, Cringleford and Mulbarton) just to the south west of the fine city of Norwich. We have a fast-growing list size of22,000 patients and we are part of the 5-practice Kett’s Oak Primary Care Network.
Please find out more about us on our website: www.humbleyard.nhs.uk and for more information about the role, please contact Sarah Ambrose, nurse manager: sarah.ambrose@nhs.net.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
