Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To support delivery of safe, effective, person-centred care across routine clinics and long-term condition pathways under the supervision of registered clinicians.
• To contribute to prevention and health promotion initiatives, vaccination/immunisation programmes, and reduction of health inequalities across the practice population.
• To maintain high standards of infection prevention and control, accurate clinical documentation, and good patient experience.

Key responsibilities Clinical (under supervision and within competence)

• Perform observations and basic clinical measurements: BP, pulse, SpO2, temperature, height, weight, BMI, peak flow.
• Phlebotomy is an essential and mandatory component of this role, fundamental to the delivery of safe and effective clinical care. The postholder must be competent in accurate blood collection techniques.
• ECG recording.
• NHS Health Checks and lifestyle brief interventions (smoking cessation, alcohol screening, weight management, physical activity advice).
• Wound care support: simple dressings, suture/clip removal, leg ulcer care under protocol.
• Vaccination support within scope and training.
• Chaperoning and assisting with procedures.
• Long-term condition recall support.
• Health promotion, signposting to other services .

Clinical governance and safety

• Work to practice SOPs, escalate red flags promptly to a registered clinician.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Maintain stock, equipment calibration, cold chain support, and room readiness.
• Comply with infection prevention and control, waste disposal, sharps safety.
• Participate in audits and quality improvement projects.
• Safeguarding: identify and escalate concerns in line with policy; record accurately.

Administration and teamwork

• Prepare clinics, manage recalls, send patient communications (SMS/letters), and support data quality/QOF.
• Liaise with colleagues.
• Support equitable access for vulnerable groups with reasonable adjustments.

Scope and supervision

• Work under the direction of a registered clinician.

• Seek guidance when unsure; participate in supervision, debriefs, and annual appraisal.
• Maintain confidentiality and up hold GDPR/IG requirements.

Training, development and appraisal

• Statutory/mandatory training.
• Under take role-specific training.
• Participate in CPD and competency sign off; track learning against the Primary Care Core Capabilities Framework.

Person specification Essential

• Education: Care Certificate
• Experience: Direct patient care in a health care setting (e.g.,community, primary care,or acute).
• Skills: BP/obs, phlebotomy, urine dipstick, ECG, accurate documentation. PLEASE NOTE PHLEBOTOMY IS A MUST FOR THE ROLE
• IT: Confident with clinical systems
• Communication: Clear, compassionate communication, able to use interpreters and accessible information when required.
• Teamworking: Works well within an MDT; understands professional boundaries; reliable and organised.
• Governance: Understands confidentiality, consent, infection control, and safe lone working within policy.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Person specification Essential
• * Education: Care Certificate
• * Experience: Direct patient care in a healthcare setting (e.g., community, primary care, or acute).
• * Skills: BP/obs, phlebotomy, urine dipstick, ECG, accurate documentation.
• * IT: Confident with clinical systems
• * Communication: Clear, compassionate communication; able to use interpreters and accessible information when required.
• * Teamworking: Works well within an MDT; understands professional boundaries; reliable and organised.
• * Governance: Understands confidentiality, consent, infection control, and safe lone working within policy.

Desirable

• Desirable
• * Primary care experience and familiarity with QOF/NHS Health Checks.
• * Training in wound care, foot checks, smoking cessation brief interventions.
• * Experience supporting vaccination clinics and cold chain processes.
• * Understanding of health inequalities and reasonable adjustments for priority groups.
• * Full UK driving licence/access to transport for occasional off-site work.

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

Ashfield Medical Centre

Address

Ashfield Medical Centre

15 Austhorpe Road

Leeds

LS15 8BA

Employer's website

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