Health Care Assistant

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Healthcare Assistant to join our team. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in providing high-quality care to patients in a general practice setting.

Exciting opportunity to join a friendly, non-hierarchical and supportive team comprising:

• 4 Partners and 6 salaried doctors
• Advanced nurse practitioner and experienced nursing team

Duties

• Phlebotomy, ECG's, Simple dressings/ suture removal, assisting with long term condition reviews, B12 injections, completing NHS Health Checks and Urinanalysis.
• Providing high standards of care to our patient population.
• Assist the practice nurse's with non-clinical tasks such as stock rotation.
• Utilise IT systems for documentation and communication purposes effectively.
• Visitng our patients in the community.

The practice covers a population of 9,600 patients across 2 sites. We pride ourselves on providing excellent quality of care alongside maintaining a healthy work-life balance with a focus on developing modern, forward-thinking ways of working.

• We are an equal opportunities employer and support less than full-time working.
• We operate an established telephone triage system adapted from the Doctor first model which has dramatically improved patient access and satisfaction.
• CQC rated Good across all areas and consistently high QOF achievers.
• Smaller separate dispensing practice covering the charming village of Stoke Prior.
• We are an experienced training practice supporting up to 4 registrars at one time.

• Phlebotomy, ECG's, Simple dressings/ suture removal, assisting with long term condition reviews, B12 injections, completing NHS Health Checks and Urinanalysis.
• Providing high standards of care to our patient population.
• Assist the practice nurse's with non-clinical tasks such as stock rotation.
• Utilise IT systems for documentation and communication purposes effectively.
• Visitng our patients in the community.

• Driving Licence
• Previous experience in a GP practice and using Emis Web is preferred but not essential.
• High level of verbal and written communication is essential for providing high quality care to our patient popuation.
• Strong IT skills are necessary for maintaining records.

• Qualified in Phlebotomy
• GCSE A to C in English and Maths

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.