Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Canvey Primary Care Network has a fantastic opportunity for a healthcare assistant, on a part time basis for 15 hours, to work within their population health team, and assist the practice to support their PCN colleagues.

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 and over 40 health checks.
• Conduct baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure etc recording findings accurately.
• Conduct body mass index (BMI) checks.
• Help raise awareness of health and well-being & how it can be promoted, providing advice to patients.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies and encourage principles of self-care.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion and lifestyle advice.
• Support the practitioner with the management of chronic diseases in a community-based setting.
• Record and assess blood pressure and hypertension.
• Screen and signpost dementia.
• Give accurate and 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.

About us

Canvey Island PCN has 42,000 registered patients. Our vision is to work in partnership with our colleagues and patients to provide the best primary care services in the community.

The six practices within our PCN are Oaklands Surgery, Third Avenue Doctors Surgery, The Island Surgery, The Surgery - Hawkesbury Road, The Community Practice and Canvey Village Surgery.

Our team includes a variety of professionals who can offer peer support and shared learning.

We encourage our team members to share ideas and to offer suggestions for how our services can be delivered to improve our patient care across our local population.

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

• NHS pension.
• A supportive and friendly working environment.
• Flexible working hours.
• 38 days annual leave including bank holiday pro rata.
• Peer support.
• Support with training and development.
• Reimbursement for parking and travel expenses for attending meetings/off site sessions.