Part-time and full-time considered
About the Role
Glastonbury Health Centre is looking for an experienced Healthcare Assistant to join our growing team. You will
play a vital role in ensuring the well-being and comfort of patients while carrying out a range of diagnostics to
support the healthcare team in delivering high-quality care. You will display compassion, empathy, have excellent
communication skills and will be able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team. There are many training
and progression opportunities available and Glastonbury Health Centre for candidates looking to progress their
knowledge and skills in a clinical setting.
Main Duties include
• To assist medical personnel in the care of practice patients, to include treatment, preventative care,
screening and patient education.
• Offer a range of care to patients including, but limited to phlebotomy, BP monitoring, height and
weight monitoring, ECGs, urinalysis, undertaking new patient checks in general practice and assisting
patients to undertake activities linked to rehabilitation programmes
• Understanding normal parameters and when to refer to GPs/Nursing team for further management
• Work under indirect or direct supervision in a structured context
• Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork
completed
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team
• Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient’s
notes
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.
About 100Fold
Glastonbury Health Centre is a practice with approximately 6000 patients, we currently have two partners, one
salaried GP and 2 advanced nurse practitioners.
100Fold CIC is an established Community Interest Company, recruiting on behalf of Glastonbury Health Centre.
Our aim is to provide people and solutions to support local Primary Care; re-investing any surplus into services
that benefit the people of Somerset. To date we have created a bank of vaccination staff for the Covid-19
programme and delivered 1000’s of vaccines to housebound patients and within vaccination centres. We have
been awarded the GP flexible pool contract from the Somerset ICB, to recruit GPs to work with and support GP
practices. We are also helping to support the introduction and recruitment of Community Investigation Hub’s
within Somerset. To find out more please see our website: https://www.100foldcommunity.co.uk/ .
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