Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a caring, enthusiastic, and highly motivated Health care Assistant to join our team at Wells Health Centre. We are seeking a part-time Health Care Assistant to join our busy team - this role is for 27 hours over four days.

This is a varied and challenging role where clinical supervision and opportunities for training and development is provided by a supportive team.

A caring nature is essential, along with the willingness to communicate effectively with our patients and maintain a professional manner whilst working in a busy environment.

The successful candidate will be flexible in approach; able to share their skills and talents as part of a team; be fast and keen to learn new skills and confident to make and communicate decisions.

The successful candidate will have experience of working in a Primary Care Setting but must be competent in phlebotomy and health care assistant duties as well as be able to carry out patient vital sign observations.

Main duties of the job

• Phlebotomy
• Measurements of height, weight, and BMI
• Urinalysis
• Measurement of blood pressure, temperature, and pulse
• Diabetic foot checks
• Simple dressings
• NHS Health checks
• NHS New Patient Checks
• Assist clinicians in emergency management of patients
• Provide relevant health promotion literature for patients
• Deal with pathological specimens. Check forms are correctly completed. Arrange for specimens to be sent to the path lab and record details of what was sent
• Follow infection control standards
• Ensure clinical rooms are well stocked and compliant
• Contribute new ideas to improve patient care
• Attend educational training courses that relate to your job and the objectives of the federation, when requested

About us

Wells Health Centre is a small GP Practice on the Norfolk coast rated as Outstanding by the CQC. It provides care to around 3300 patients in and around Wells-Next-the-Sea. In January 2022 the Burnham Market partners joined with Wells Health Centre and the two sites are running as sister sites within the same partnership.