Healthcare Assistant - Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom - Angel Hill Surgery

Description

About the Role Angle Hill Surgery has a fantastic opportunity for a healthcare assistant to join the practice, to support the nursing team, on a full time basic of hours over 4 days. 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. The healthcare assistant will be able to apply their clinical skills and knowledge to carry out high quality practice within designated clinical areas such as:

wound care, venepuncture, phlebotomy checks and administering of medicines and vaccines;

new patient health checks;

re-stocking and stock rotation of surgical equipment and vaccines;

clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms;

preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations;

providing valuable health promotion and education for service users, their families and carers;

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. Please see the attached job description for full details. About the Candidate If you are a qualified and experienced healthcare assistant looking for a fresh and exciting challenge, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and qualifications: Essential - these are a requirement to be considered for the role:

Successful completion of the Care Certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC;

Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent;

Experience of working within a GP practice;

Strong clinical skills;

Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post;

Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills;

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 multi-disciplinary team;

Strong organisational and time management skills.

Desirable:

A qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture.

About Us Angel Hill Surgery is a practice in the centre of Bury St Edmunds. Who serve our 14,200 patients with a highly motivated and dedicated team of healthcare professionals. With our 5 GP partners, we have 6 salaried GPs, 3 advance care practitioners (one who is a visiting paramedic), a practice nursing team of 6 and a full dispensing and administrative team. We are a training practice and we always have at least 2 trainee GPs working in the practice. We also have a full education programme and multi-discipline team meetings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.