Healthcare Assistant - Full-Time or Part-Time Ipswich, England
Job description
About the Role
Barrack Lane Medical Centre is looking to welcome an experienced healthcare assistant into our practice to support our nursing team. We can accommodate full or part-time hours, to suit the right candidate.- 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;
About the Candidate
- Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent;
- Ideally a qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture;
- Strong clinical skills;
- Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post;
- Experience within primary care and/or healthcare setting;
- 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.
About Us
Barrack Lane is a busy practice in the town centre of Ipswich, Suffolk. We have a practice population of over 20,000 patients. The practice is based on two sites, the main surgery in the centre of the town and a branch surgery at Stoke Park in Ipswich. Our clinical team is made up of GP partners, salaried GPs, advanced nurse practitioners and advanced care practitioners, pharmacists, paramedics, pharmacy technicians and a practice nursing team and HCA. This team is supported by a strong administrative, coding and care-navigating team.
Barrack Lane is part of a PCN (primary care network) with Ivry Street Medical Centre in Ipswich and the two practices cover a population of 32,000 patients. The PCN allows the practices to share resources and offer an enhanced service to our patients. The PCN employs a care co-ordinator and social prescribers to work with patients, especially our vulnerable patients, to enable them to access the best care.
The PCN is very proud to have offered a vaccination service during Covid-19 and carried out just under 100,000 vaccinations to our own patients and patients of other Suffolk practices, including vaccinations in patient’s homes.
The salary will be dependent on experience and annual leave starts at 5 weeks and bank holiday allowance on a pro rata basis. This is a full time post, however, the practice is happy to consider part time hours. Staff are able to join the NHS Pension Scheme.
If you wish to discuss this post any further please contact the Practice Lead Nurse, Penny Sibthorp, via email on [email protected]
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.
