Healthcare Assistant - Population Health

Job summary

Rochford Primary Care Network has a fantastic opportunity for a healthcare assistant - population health, to join the practice to support the PCN team, on a full-time basis.

Working under the direct supervision of the population health practitioner, the post-holder will work within their own competencies and will be expected to conduct clinical aspects of NHS Health Checks.

If you are a qualified and experienced Healthcare Assistant looking for a fresh and exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Conduct NHS health checks, new patient health checks & over 40 health checks.
• Conduct baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure etc recording findings accurately.
• Conduct Body Mass Index (BMI) checks.
• Helping raise awareness of health & well-being & how it can be promoted, providing advice to patients.
• Supporting patients to adopt health promotion strategies and encourage principles of self-care.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion & lifestyle advice.
• Supporting the practitioner with the management of chronic diseases in a community-based setting.
• Blood pressure and hypertension recording and assessment.
• Dementia screening and signposting.
• Give accurate & appropriate information to patients and groups within own competencies.
• Work to address health disparities within the community by advocating for equitable access to healthcare & public health resources.
• Assist in planning & executing health promotion campaigns & initiatives, including health screenings & awareness events.

About us

Rochford PCN priorities include:

• Addressing health inequalities at a local level by using data & local intelligence through partnership with local Wellbeing Link Coordinators to reduce social isolation. We aim to do this by promoting the local groups & encouraging individuals to share their skills.
• Enhancing our staff & wellbeing by upskilling our local workforce to make general practice an attractive place to work. Supporting our staff to have access to relevant training & development opportunities so that they are continuing to improve the care that they are providing to patients.
• Improving patients access to various different services in their local community to ensure that they have the right care at the right time with the right professional.
• Supporting our member practices & the local population with recovering from the long term effects of COVID-19.

All of our PCN staff are employed by GP Healthcare Alliance (GPHA). GPHA values staff & can offer:

• NHS pension.
• A supportive & friendly working environment.
• Flexible working hours.
• Peer support.
• Support with training & development.
• Reimbursement for parking & travel expenses for attending meetings/off site sessions.