Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

We are seeking a caring and driven Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to join our welcoming and supportive General Practice team. In this role, you will play a key part in delivering excellent patient care while supporting the clinical team in the smooth running of the practice.

Working closely with our nursing team and GPs, you will perform a variety of clinical duties. This position is ideal for candidates with prior HCA experience, particularly in primary care or community health, who are enthusiastic, organised, and committed to making a positive impact on patients lives.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the nursing team in all aspects of their clinical and administrative activities.

Working alongside the administrative team, the post holder should ensure that all interactions between patients, visitors, and the practice team are conducted to the highest possible standards.

Main Duties Include:

- Providing screening and monitoring services

- NHS health checks

- ECG

- Phlebotomy

- Chaperone

- Processing and management of laboratory samples

- Dressings/Simple wound care

- Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

- Equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation

- Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms

- Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being

- 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

- Assisting with Minor surgery and contraception Clinics

- Assisting with annual monitoring reviews for long term conditions.

- Administration of influenza and pneumococcal immunisations under patient specific directives

- B12 injections under patient specific directives.

- Nursing supplied stock control and ordering.

- Understand and apply the principals of infection control.

-Supporting the practice team with QOF

About us

We are a busy practice in the heart of Gosforth with 13,100 patients. We have a team of 6 GP partners, 4 salaried GPs, 3 Practice nurses, 1 Nurse associate and 2 Healthcare assistants. We have Reception, IT and Admin teams, Practice Manager, Deputy Practice Manager and Business manager.

We also have pharmacists, drug and alcohol workers and midwifes working in our teams. We have a well established PCN that we work alongside, offering off site nurse / GP / social prescribing appointments.

We recognise the increased pressure within General Practice and offer a supportive environment, striving on improving the working day for our practice team.