Healthcare Assistant

☞ Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 30-04-2024

Location: York Yorkshire and the Humber

Category: Health / Medical Care Part-time

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Job type: Part-time

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Job Overview

Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a Band 3 Health Care Assistant (HCA) to joined Market Weighton Practice. This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a GP Practice. Ideally you will have worked within primary care and are seeking to develop your career further within this field. If so, we would be excited to meet you. The vacancy is for a part time role of 32 hours per week which will be worked over 5 days.

Our GP practices are situated within both the East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull and have all attained a ‘Good’ CQC rating and an attractive rate Band 3 rate will be offered to the right candidate with experience and skill levels.

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.

This is a patient facing role and you will have your own clinic which will involve, taking bloods, administering injections, performing ECGs, Diabetic Foot Checks and administering flu vaccinations.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the role will include -

  • To provide and maintain a high standard of health care assistant support to patients as well as providing assistance to the clinical and other members of the primary healthcare team
  • Demonstrating the ability to work effectively as part of a team and provide support/guidance to less experienced staff/learners within the clinical environment
  • Working to promote the health and wellbeing of patients within the practice

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Person specification

Qualifications And Knowledge

Essential criteria

  • Health and safety and infection control awareness
  • Knowledge of primary care software packages - SystmOne, ICE, INR Star
  • NVQ Level 2 or 3
  • Good standard of education within English and Maths
  • Care Certificate or relevant experience
  • Basic phlebotomy qualification

Desirable criteria

  • Experience of administering prescribed medicines safely and appropriately
  • Advanced phlebotomy
  • INRstar
  • ECGs
  • Immunisation

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience of working in community or primary health care
  • Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with patients concerning the phlebotomy procedure, with due respect for patients welfare, dignity and preferences

Skills And Competencies

Essential criteria

  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good team working skills

Applicant Requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Deadline: 14-06-2024

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