Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Lister Medical Centre is looking for a healthcare assistant (HCA) to join the practice in this vital patient-facing role with both clinical and administrative responsibilities. The role is offered on afull time basis, with flexible hours to be agreed. The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence.

Main duties of the job

Assisting the nursing staff in screening programmes including:

• Measurement of height and weight.
• Calculation of BMI.
• Urinalysis.
• Recording of blood pressure.
• Recording of peak flow.
• Recording information both manually and on computer system.
• Maintaining equipment.
• Undertaking other clinical activities identified by the practice nurse or doctor in accordance with agreed written protocols.
• Acting as chaperone support if required by doctors.
• ECGs.
• Spirometry.
• Assist with minor ops.
• D-Dimer trained.
• Undertaking mental health and new patient health checks.
• Phlebotomy- after training.
• Assisting in chronic disease management clinic with practice nurse
• Maintaining, storing and retrieving records - computerised
• Providing clerical support for the nursing team - organising clinics including appointment recall systems and immunisation clinics.
• Receiving and transmitting information by telephone to agreed practice standards with particular attention to confidentiality.

About us

We are a friendly, supportive, democratic, well organised and enthusiastic GMS practice, dedicated to providing traditional family orientated general practice, based at a new purpose built single site health centre in Harlow.

We currently have approximately 20,000+ patients, 5 partners, 3 salaried GPs, a large nursing support team and a vast array of administrative staff.

We are a training and teaching practice for Cambridge students anda research practice.

We are consistent high achievement in all QOF and Enhanced Services areas with an innovative team structure with individual patient lists (around 2,500 per FTE GP).

We operate the SystmOne computer system and are active members of local GP federation and ICB.

Lister Medical Centre has easy access to M11/M25, close to London and Stansted and attractive Essex and Hertfordshire countryside with excellent schools nearby.

• NHS pension scheme.
• Health service discounts
• Minimum 25 days annual leave (FTE ,plus bank holiday entitlement