Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Greensand Surgery is seeking an experienced health care assistant to join our friendly nursing team, on a part time basis for maximum of 24 hours per week over three days. With previous experience in primary care, the ideal candidate will have completed a healthcare qualification or be working towards this.

The role of the HCA is to support the practice nursing and administrative teams in the delivery of clinical and administrative services.

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

• Venepuncture
• Undertake NHS health checks
• Collect specimens and urinalysis as directed
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature & pulse rate, recording findings accurately
• Facilitate routine & 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
• Undertake wound care, dressings & other clinical tasks
• Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
• Carry out BMI checks
• Act as a chaperone
• When trained, administer flu vaccinations
• When trained, carry out ear irrigation under the supervision of the practice nurse
• Carry out ECGs as requested
• Ensure specimens are recorded & ready for onward transportation
• Provide support during minor operations/implants/coil fits
• Smoking cessation
• Order stock
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas & sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisations IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion
• First diabetic checks, when trained

About us

Greensand Surgery is a semi-rural, GMS, practice in mid-Bedfordshire with just over 10,000 patients.

We are a dynamic, hard-working team whose aim is to provide high quality patient centred care. The partnership is supportive and cohesive and we have a full complement of enthusiastic team members. We provide a comprehensive range of medical services for our patients as well as meeting targets for the new contract. The practice consists of three partners and four salaried GPs, a dedicated nursing team, clinical pharmacist, and admin staff.

Our mission statement: "Our surgery aims to provide excellent clinical care that is available, accessible and efficient. We recognise the benefit of good teamwork to achieve our aims, provide the best possible service to patients as well as appropriate reward and job satisfaction for the team.