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Temporary health care assistant

Wigan
Temporary
Parbold Surgery
Health care assistant
€22,500 a year
Posted: 19h ago
Offer description

The successful candidate will be an integral member of the practice staff team, working closely with members of all teams.

You will be working under the direction of the Practice Nurse and as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, the post-holder will support our clinical team to deliver high quality, patient-centred care.

The organisation will ensure the post-holder has access to appropriate clinical supervision and an appropriately named individual in the organisation to provide general advice and support on a day-to-day basis.


Main duties of the job

The post holder will perform

* ECGs
* Llong-term condition reviews / monitoring
* health promotion
* Clinical administation work


About us

Parbold surgery is a friendly busy training practice looking after around 7,000 patients based in our catchment area.

Our practice team includes 5 GP partners, GP registrars, 2 Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Phlebotomist, Clinical Pharmacist, First Contact Physiotherapist and a large admin and reception team.


Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will play an integral role in delivering health services. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks. This will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels.

Please see the attached Job Description for full details.


Person Specification


Experience

* Experience of working in a healthcare setting
* Experience of working in a GP Practice setting
* Understanding of infection prevention and control measures
* Experience of working on / using / EMIS Web


Personal Qualities

* Excellent communication and interpsonal skills
* Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures
* Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
* Ability to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
* Good organisation skills
* Floxible and cooperative
* Competent in the use of MS Office and Outlook
* Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
* Commitment to ongoing professional develpment


Clinical Knowledge and skills

* Able to perform venepuncture
* Ability to work with own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to colleagues
* Clinical IT system user skills and the ability to record accurate clinical notes
* Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
* Broad knowledge of clinical governance
* Chaperone trained


Qualifications

* Level 3 Health Care Assistant Qualification or Equivalent
* Qualification in venepuncture
* Vaccination and Immunisation trained


Other requirements

* Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check or willingness to undertake prior to commencing work
* Full driving licence


Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

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