Job summary
Hetton Group Practice has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, motivated HCA to join our team for 37 hours per week.
The successful candidate will enhance out existing nursing team and work closely with the wider practice team to deliver services to our patient population.
Main duties of the job
Main duties
of the role include but are not limited to: phlebotomy, ECGs, Immunisations, NHS
Health checks, BP/weight and lifestyle data gathering, chaperoning duties and
management of laboratory samples as well as raising awareness of health and
wellbeing.
About us
The partnership consists of five GP's who are supported by two salaried GP's, one Career Start GP, one ANP, one ACP, two Practice Nurses, two HCA's, who alongside our management and admin team service a practice population of approx 11800 pateints.
Hetton Group Practice is a training practice for GP Registrars and also take medical students from both Sunderland and Newcastle university. The practice provides a supportive environment for continual improvement and training.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The sucessful candidate will support the practice nursing team in delivering nursing care to the practices patient population.
Main duties will includePhlebotomy, ECGs, Immunisations, Long term chronic disease monitoring, NHS Health
checks, BP/weight and lifestyle data gathering, chaperoning duties and
management of laboratory samples as well as raising awareness of health and
wellbeing
Job description
Job responsibilities
The sucessful candidate will support the practice nursing team in delivering nursing care to the practices patient population.
Main duties will includePhlebotomy, ECGs, Immunisations, Long term chronic disease monitoring, NHS Health
checks, BP/weight and lifestyle data gathering, chaperoning duties and
management of laboratory samples as well as raising awareness of health and
wellbeing
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- General education to GCSE level A-C or equivalent Maths/English.
- care certificate or willing to work towards
- NVQ level 2 Helth and Social Care .
- Phlebotomy Training
Desirable
- Immunisation and Vaccine Accredited.
Qualifications
Essential
- General education to GCSE level or equivalent
- care certificate or willing to work towards
- NVQ level 3 in care
Desirable
- care certificate or NVQ 3
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in primary care with good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
- Experience of using computers with good keyboard skills.
Desirable
- Healthcare qualification and experience
- Experience of working in General Practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- General education to GCSE level A-C or equivalent Maths/English.
- care certificate or willing to work towards
- NVQ level 2 Helth and Social Care .
- Phlebotomy Training
Desirable
- Immunisation and Vaccine Accredited.
Qualifications
Essential
- General education to GCSE level or equivalent
- care certificate or willing to work towards
- NVQ level 3 in care
Desirable
- care certificate or NVQ 3
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in primary care with good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
- Experience of using computers with good keyboard skills.
Desirable
- Healthcare qualification and experience
- Experience of working in General Practice
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.
