Job summary
Are you looking for a career in healthcare? Thirsk Doctors Surgery has an opening for an enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our supportive and established team. The post is being offered at 24hpw, working Mondays and Tuesday from 08:00 to 18:30 & Fridays 08:00 to 13:00.
The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience and development of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team, there is mandatory training to complete plus training will also be provided where required dependant on current skills and qualifications/experience.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11th June 2025
Main duties of the job
The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist
clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health
promotion and patient education whilst also supporting the
administrative/nursing teams on an as-required basis. Duties will include nut not limited to: venepuncture, baseline observations eg blood pressure, temperature, pulse, BMI, advising patients of test results on phone in, support nurses where required, new patient health checks, chaperoning, ECG's. (Full information is provided on the Job Description)
About us
We are committed to providing high quality primary care services through an ethos of continuous learning and reflection, while ensuring all staff and patients are treated with dignity, honesty and respect.
We aim to be innovative and adaptable to the changing face of General Practice and to balance the needs of individual patients with those of the wider practice population. We are dedicated to promoting the aims and values of our Primary Care Network and the wider NHS and strive to improve the health of our population and encourage self-care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant.
There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be
dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Undertake
new patient health checks.
- Support
the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.
- Carry
out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature,
and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
- Facilitate
routine home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
- Nurses phone in- advising patients of
test results.
- Undertake
wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained
competencies.
- Support
the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.
- Carry
out BMI checks as directed.
- Act
as a chaperone as required.
- Undertake
venepuncture, attend training.
- Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and
shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where
required.
- Carry
out ECGs as requested.
- Urinalysis
- Ensure
specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
- Deliver smoking cessation clinics and
attend the training if required.
- Dopplar's
- Provide
support during minor operations and medicals as required.
- Following agreed clinical protocols with
referrals to the GP's
- Ensure
all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each
session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
- Ensure
fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and
monitoring of fridge temperatures.
- Ordering stock from suppliers when
required, stock checks.
- Ensure
clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in
accordance with the organisations IPC policy.
- Deliver
opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
- Partake in mandatory eLearning and face
to face training.
Please view the full job description attached for further details
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant.
There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be
dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Undertake
new patient health checks.
- Support
the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.
- Carry
out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature,
and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
- Facilitate
routine home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
- Nurses phone in- advising patients of
test results.
- Undertake
wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained
competencies.
- Support
the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.
- Carry
out BMI checks as directed.
- Act
as a chaperone as required.
- Undertake
venepuncture, attend training.
- Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and
shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where
required.
- Carry
out ECGs as requested.
- Urinalysis
- Ensure
specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
- Deliver smoking cessation clinics and
attend the training if required.
- Dopplar's
- Provide
support during minor operations and medicals as required.
- Following agreed clinical protocols with
referrals to the GP's
- Ensure
all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each
session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
- Ensure
fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and
monitoring of fridge temperatures.
- Ordering stock from suppliers when
required, stock checks.
- Ensure
clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in
accordance with the organisations IPC policy.
- Deliver
opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
- Partake in mandatory eLearning and face
to face training.
Please view the full job description attached for further details
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Willingness and enthusiasm to train in clinical skills areas
- Venepuncture
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
Desirable
- ECGs
- New patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse
- Chaperone procedure
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Strong IT skills
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS/SystmOne user skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the general public
Desirable
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above
Desirable
- Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level.
- Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate
- Phlebotomy certification
- Vaccination certification
Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Willingness and enthusiasm to train in clinical skills areas
- Venepuncture
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Effective time management (planning and organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
- Ability to work under pressure
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
Desirable
- ECGs
- New patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse
- Chaperone procedure
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Strong IT skills
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS/SystmOne user skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the general public
Desirable
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above
Desirable
- Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level.
- Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate
- Phlebotomy certification
- Vaccination certification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
