Healthcare Assistant

West Suffolk Clinical Commissioning Group; Diss; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a compassionate and professional Healthcare Support Worker to join their friendly team in Diss. This full-time role involves providing high-quality care as part of the nursing team. Responsibilities include performing phlebotomy, conducting health checks, and providing patient care in a primary care setting. Previous primary care experience is essential, along with strong clinical and communication skills. The position offers a supportive working environment with a focus on patient wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Previous primary care experience is essential.
• Strong clinical skills including venepuncture/phlebotomy.
• Confidential manner and compassionate approach to care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake phlebotomy for both venous and INR patient testing.
• Perform wound dressings and suture removals.
• Conduct health checks and promote wellbeing to patients.

Skills

Clinical skills including venepuncture/phlebotomy

Patient-facing communication skills

Organisational and time management skills

Education

Care Certificate or equivalent qualification

Job description

About the Role

Botesdale Health Centre in Dissare looking for a professional, conscientious and highly effective Healthcare Support Worker (HCA) to join our friendly team. This is a full-time position working 37.5 hours per week.

The primary focus of the role is to work as part of the nursing team and also as part of the wider practice team, providing high quality and timely care to registered patients of Botesdale Health Centre.

Duties will include;

• Undertake phlebotomy for both venous and INR patient testing
• Blood pressure/weight/height/BMI checks
• Wound dressings and suture and clip removals
• Urine testing and analysis and submit samples to the laboratory following the practice protocol
• Obtaining specimens, ensuring their maintenance under correct conditions and dispatch to the appropriate agency
• Perform ECGs
• Promotion of health and wellbeing to individual patients by carrying out health checks and new patient checks

Please see job description attached for further details.

About the Candidate

The healthcare assistant role within general practice can be very different to the role within other settings and as such we are only looking for applications from those with previous primary care experience.

All applicants should have the following skills and qualifications:

• Care Certificate or equivalent qualification.
• Strong clinical skills including venepuncture/phlebotomy.
• Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidential manner with a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
• Ability to work independently, determining own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Strong organisational and time management skills.

About Us

We are a rural GMS 10,100 patient surgery with 4 partners, 5 salaried GPs and a fantastic clinical and practice team with an on-site dispensary. We are located in a modern, recently extended surgery with community nurses located on site as well as an X-ray suite and glorious surrounding countryside.

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.