Health Care Assistant

About the Role

The Ashcroft Practice are recruiting for an experienced Healthcare Assistant.

Job summary: Working under the direct supervision of the GP Partner and the advanced nurses practitioner 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.

Duties and responsibilities:

· New patient health checks

· Long term chronic health annual reviews

· ECG recording

· Phlebotomy

· Spirometry

· Chaperoning duties

· 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

· Ordering of medical supplies

· Checking the crash bag on a weekly basis

· Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients’ health and well-being

· Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual

· 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

About the Candidate

Please see attached for full details.

About Us

The Ashcroft Practice is a single handed practice a forward thinking and hard working friendly GP practice situated in Stopsley. The doctor is supported by excellent nursing and administrative team . We are actively involved in our Primary Care Network.. Within the PCN we have a team of additional roles including Pharmacists, and Social Prescribers.

· List size 4818

· Committed to achieving high standards in QOF

· SystmOne and AccuRx systems

· Excellent local schools, easy access to M1 and rail to London in 25 minutes

· Competitive salary negotiable and medical indemnity covered by practice

· See our website for more details ashcroftpractice.gpsurgery.net

We strive to provide the highest standards of modern primary care while maintaining the very best of traditional family general practice.

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.

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: £11.50-£12.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Luton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 28/02/2023