Healthcare Assistant - Minor Injuries Unit Sea

Healthcare Assistant
- Minor Injuries Unit
- Burnham on Sea, Somerset

Symphony are recruiting for a committed and caring Healthcare Assistants to join our dynamic, patient‑centred teams at Symphony North (Burnham on Sea, Berrow and Highbridge Medical Centres) and Burnham on Sea War Memorial Hospital (MIU) in Somerset.

You’ll be a confident, able to independently support and manage patients, while working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, patient focused care.

We would love to hear from you!

We have 66 hours vacant – so full‑time, part‑time and job share opportunities will be considered – please state your preference in your application.

Working under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

The post‑holder will also work within the Minor Injuries Unit, supporting the Emergency Care Practitioner and Primary Care Practitioner in the assessment and management of patients presenting with minor injuries and urgent primary care needs. The Healthcare Assistant will assist with clinical observations, wound care, patient preparation and general support to ensure safe, effective and timely patient care in accordance with practice protocols and scope of practice.

Established in 2016, Symphony Healthcare Services (Symphony) provides NHS primary care provision across 21 sites within Somerset, linked to 14 general practice contracts. The organisation cares for approximately 132,000 patients and employs around 600 staff.

Symphony is a subsidiary of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and manages its services through the support of a central team (including HR, finance, corporate and operational governance).

Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we do. Specifically, our vision is to be at the forefront of sustainable, high quality general practice, collaborating with our communities to improve experiences and health outcomes. We work closely with our practice teams to grow, enhance, and transform our services for the benefit of patients and staff.

Symphony welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and selection for our services, Symphony is committed to equality opportunity for all.

Symphony offers an NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to hybrid working (where applicable).

• Care Certificate
• NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care
• English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent) at pass level
• HCA Training

• Previous experience of working as an HCA or equivalent
• Can carry out clinical, technical, scientific or administrative duties according to established protocols or procedures, or systems of work.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and change management skills
• Experience of working autonomously.
• Experience of Infection and Prevention Control Management.
• New patient health checks BMI, Urinalysis
• ECG recording
• INR monitoring using Coagucheck and INR Star
• To undertake Doppler testing
• Blood Pressure Monitoring following practice hypertension guidelines, issue HBPM in accordance with practice policy
• Phlebotomy including perform annual blood tests, BP, BMI, ACR as requested for patients with chronic diseases
• Urinalysis MSU, ACR in accordance with practice policy
• Wound Care suture removal in accordance with practice policy, following training
• Weight Management
• Administer influenza vaccines according to PSD, following training
• Administer B12 injections according to PSD
• To undertake Spirometry for GP to interpret results
• Previous experience working in a Primary Care environment or MIU

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.

£12.71 to £12.95 an hour – starting salary will be offered based on previous experience.

Permanent

Full‑time, Part‑time, Job share, Flexible working