About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced HCA to join our friendly team at Kingsway Medical Practice. We are looking for candidates with experience in a general practice setting.
The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate they are excellent team players. The Healthcare Assistant will assist the Practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of patient care.
The successful candidate must cover general practice HCA duties which would include being able to take and record such procedures as BP, smoking status, taking bloods, flu vaccinations, B12 injections, health checks and helping with all other chronic condition monitoring.
We are ideally looking for a part time HCA, to work 30 hours Monday to Friday, although we can be flexible for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
Duties and Responsibilities:
New patient health checks
NHS Health checks
Blood pressure, height and weight measurements
Phlebotomy
ECGs
Flu, B12 and Pneumococcal vaccinations
Chaperoning duties
Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being, and to enhance Practice QOF achievement
About us
Hope Citadel is a primary care provider with a heart for deprived communities. We run 11 doctors practices, mainly in Oldham and Rochdale, and employ over 250 staff. We were started 17 years ago by a passionate group of people looking to reverse the inverse care law by providing quality healthcare in areas of deprivation. This still underpins why we do what we do to make the invisible, visible. Our staff are driven by social justice, by compassion, and by a drive to see real change in the communities they live and work in.
Primary care is not an easy space to work in, and that is exacerbated in areas of deprivation. In order to provide the best service to patients, it is vital that our finances and processes are aligned. We prioritise maintaining high healthcare outcomes, but know that in order to do this, we need strong finances to allow this to be invested back for patient and staff benefit. We do this by investing in right staff and making commitments such as being a Real Living Wage employer and running mentoring and learning and development opportunities.
Job description Job responsibilities
To work closely with the Nursing team
New patient health checks
ECG recording
Phlebotomy
Spirometry
Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patient's health and well-being
Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Venepuncture
Experience Essential
Working with in a health setting, preferably primary care Working to an appointment book
Desirable
Experience of working independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Hope Citadel Healthcare CIC
Address Kingsway Medical Practice
285A Kingsway
ROCHDALE
Lancashire
OL16 4AT
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.hopecitadel.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)