Job summary
Working under the direct supervision of the practice nurses 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.

Main duties of the job
Duties and responsibilities:
To assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care, as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs. Duties to include;

• New patient medicals
• Annual reviews
• Urinalysis
• ECGs
• Peak flow readings
• 24 hr BP
• Venepuncture
• Blood pressure measurements
• Routine immunisations, B12, Influenza, Pneumo, Shingles
• Spirometry
• Diabetic Foot checks
• Chaperoning and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another clinician
• Requesting basic pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
• Smoking Cessation
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
• Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
• Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions.
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
• Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
• Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being
• Any other duties within skill set that may come about

About us
7400 Patient GP Practice high scoring QOF, Friendly team, patient focused.
The Village surgery is situated in the leafy Village of Timeperly on the door step to Altrincham.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable

• Able to perform all duties in the job description is essential and previous role in GP practice essential

Experience
Essential

• Experience as a HCA in GP practice desirable

Desirable

• Working in primary care desirable

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).