Healthcare Assistant - Full-Time or Part-Time

About the Role

Barrack Lane Medical Centre is looking to welcome an experienced healthcare assistant into our practice to support our nursing team. We can accommodate full or part-time hours, to suit the right candidate. Working under the direct supervision of the senior practice nurse, and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, you will assist the clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care. You will be able to apply your clinical skills and knowledge to carry out high quality practice within designated clinical areas such as:

• wound care, venepuncture, phlebotomy checks and administering of medicines and vaccines;
• new patient health checks;
• re-stocking and stock rotation of surgical equipment and vaccines;
• clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms;
• preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations;
• providing valuable health promotion and education for service users, their families and carers;

The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence of working effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team as you will work alongside fellow professionals within the practice in support of one another.

About the Candidate

If you are a qualified and experienced healthcare assistant, looking for a fresh and exciting new career, we would love to hear from you. You will have the following skills and qualifications:

• Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent;
• Ideally a qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture;
• Strong clinical skills;
• Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post;
• Experience within primary care and/or healthcare setting;
• Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills;
• Consistently confidential manner as well as a compassionate and respectful approach, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues;
• Ability to work independently and determine own workload priorities as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
• Strong organisational and time management skills.

About Us

Barrack Lane is a busy practice in the town centre of Ipswich, Suffolk. We have a practice population of over 20,000 patients. The practice is based on two sites, the main surgery in the centre of the town and a branch surgery at Stoke Park in Ipswich. Our clinical team is made up of GP partners, salaried GPs, advanced nurse practitioners and advanced care practitioners, pharmacists, paramedics, pharmacy technicians and a practice nursing team and HCA. This team is supported by a strong administrative, coding and care-navigating team.

Barrack Lane is part of a PCN (primary care network) with Ivry Street Medical Centre in Ipswich and the two practices cover a population of 32,000 patients. The PCN allows the practices to share resources and offer an enhanced service to our patients. The PCN employs a care co-ordinator and social prescribers to work with patients, especially our vulnerable patients, to enable them to access the best care.

The PCN is very proud to have offered a vaccination service during Covid-19 and carried out just under 100,000 vaccinations to our own patients and patients of other Suffolk practices, including vaccinations in patient’s homes.

The salary will be dependent on experience and annual leave starts at 5 weeks and bank holiday allowance on a pro rata basis. This is a full time post, however, the practice is happy to consider part time hours. Staff are able to join the NHS Pension Scheme.

If you wish to discuss this post any further please contact the Practice Lead Nurse, Penny Sibthorp, via email on penny.sibthorp@nhs.net

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.