Watling Street Practice

Healthcare Assistant

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Job summary

A fantastic opportunity to join a high performing GP surgery, looking to welcome a new Healthcare Assistant to the team.

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.

We are seeking someone to work 37.5 hours per week, Monday-Friday.

Salary and Benefits

  • £11.44 to £12.68 per hour (depending on experience)
  • An excellent NHS pension scheme
  • 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
  • NHS Discounts with a massive number of retailers (with a Bluelight card)
  • Wellbeing resources available free to all staff

Main duties of the job

Working under the direct supervision of the Senior Partners and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

About You

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.

Attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a commitment to providing high quality patient care are essential in this role.

If youre passionate about making a positive impact on patients lives and are ready to contribute to a hardworking, collaborative clinical team, we encourage you to apply.

About us

At Watling Street Practice at Great Holm, we have been proudly supporting our community with our consistently progressive and compassionate approach to primary care since 1983.

Our practice is approved to train fully qualified doctors who wish to specialise in general practice, we are also approved to train medical students who spend up to six weeks with us seeing patients along with their mentor.

We are part of the Watling Street Practice, working closely with the Stony Straford and Shenley Church End pratices within 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.

Details

Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.44 to £12.68 an hour Depending on experience.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2688-24-0003

Job locations

Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

MK8 9HN


Job description

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

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Job description

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

Your Privacy

Please refer to our Job Applicant Privacy Policy for information on how we handle and protect your personal data: https://www.watlingstreetpcn.co.uk/job-applicant-privacy-policy

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Phlebotomy

Desirable

  • NHS Health Checks
  • Dressings
  • INRs
  • Blood Pressure Checks
  • Managing Samples
  • Patients with Long Term Conditions
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Phlebotomy

Desirable

  • NHS Health Checks
  • Dressings
  • INRs
  • Blood Pressure Checks
  • Managing Samples
  • Patients with Long Term Conditions

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Watling Street Practice

Address

Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

MK8 9HN


Employer's website

https://www.stonymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Watling Street Practice

Address

Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

MK8 9HN


Employer's website

https://www.stonymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Coordinator

Jacobi Maro

blmkicb.watlingstreetpcn.hr@nhs.net

01908082522

Details

Date posted

22 July 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£11.44 to £12.68 an hour Depending on experience.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

A2688-24-0003

Job locations

Kensington Drive

Great Holm

Milton Keynes

Milton Keynes

MK8 9HN


Privacy notice

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