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Healthcare Assistant - Bedford, United Kingdom - Primary Care Careers

Primary Care Careers

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Bedford, United Kingdom

1 month ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the Role:

Queens Park Group Surgery
has a fantastic opportunity for a healthcare assistant to join the practice and support the nursing team, on a full-time or part-time basis
.

Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse, and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, you will assist the clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
Blood pressure checks
New patient checks
NHS health checks
ECGs
Dressings / wound care
Blood glucose checks
Blood cholesterol checks
Urine dipstick checks
Swabs skin, wound, ear, nose (not HVS or chlamydia)
Some vaccinations e.g. flu
Chaperone when needed
Assisting with minor operations
Assisting with family planning clinic and postnatal clinics
Assisting with baby immunisations
Diabetic foot checks
Updating clinical system data entry and clinical coding
The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence, requiring you to work effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

If you are a qualified and experienced healthcare assistant looking for a fresh and exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you:

Ideally possessing a healthcare qualification
Strong clinical skills
Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post
Ideally with experience within primary care or another healthcare setting
Excellent patientfacing communication and interpersonal skills
Practical IT skills preferably in a clinical setting
Consistently confidential manner, as well as a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues
Ability to work independently and determine own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Strong organisational and time management skills.

About Us:
We are a very long-established practice, working on two sites in Bedford, looking after 12,500 patients.

Supporting your work life balance and professional development is important to us so we will be happy to discuss any requirements for flexible working, we can offer the following benefits: