Health Care Assistant - Riverside Medical Practice
We are looking to recruit a Healthcare Assistant to join our friendly team.
Salary: Depending on experience
Annual Leave: 5 weeks (pro rata)
Pension: Membership of the NHS pension scheme
Hours: Part-time 20 hours per week, working Monday-Friday between 8:00am and 6:30pm.
Riverside Medical Practice is based at Pontllanfraith Health Centre and is a busy single site practice with a stable list size of approx 8800 patients. You will work alongside an excellent clinical team comprising of 4 GPs, 1 Advanced Nurse Practitioner, 2 Practice Nurses, 1 Health Care Assistant, 1 phlebotomist, and an excellent receptionist and administrative team. We also have a team of NCN/HB Allied Health Professionals working from the practice site to include a Physiotherapist, a Psychological Health Practitioner and a Pharmacist. The District Nursing Team are also based within the building along with other Health Board Allied Health Professionals and an Independent Dispensing Pharmacy also provides a service from within the building. We provide an exceptional service and are proud to have been awarded Best GP Practice in South Wales 2025 and runners up in 2024.
Main Duties of the Job
To support the practice in the delivery of clinical and administrative services, working as part of the practice multi-disciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to registered patients of the practice.
The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion, and patient education while also supporting the administrative team on an as-required basis.
Job Responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
1. Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions
2. Assist in the assessment and surveillance of patients' health & wellbeing
3. Undertake new patient health checks
4. Support with health promotion programmes
5. Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature and pulse rate, recording findings accurately
6. Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
7. Undertake wound care, dressings and suture removal
8. Support the practice with the management of chronic disease clinics (to include diabetic reviews and foot checks)
9. Carry out BMI checks as directed
10. Act as a chaperone as required
11. Undertake venepuncture
12. Carry out ear irrigation
13. Carry out ECGs
14. Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
15. Provide support during minor operations as required
16. Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
17. Ensure vaccine/cold chain storage monitoring and recording of fridges and are cleaned routinely in accordance with guidance
18. Maintain and reorder stock and vaccines
19. Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with practice policy
20. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
21. Ensure a timely recall of patients for ongoing care including disease management reviews
22. Support monitoring and actioning of test results
23. Actioning of read coding and summarising medical records
24. Other clinical tasks as required (within your scope)
25. Other admin tasks as required (within your scope)
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Healthcare Assistant may be requested to:
1. Participate in practice audit as directed
2. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
3. Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
4. Complete opening and closing procedures in accordance with the duty rota
Person Specification
Experience
Qualifications
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.
Salary: Available on Application
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