Salary range: £12.69 to £13.33 per hour depending on experience (includes April 2025 cost of living uplift)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part-time, 16 hours per week
To be worked: Tuesday and Wednesday (AM), and Thursday AM/PM
Location: Cirencester and South Cerney
An exciting opportunity has arisen at our established and busy practice for an experienced Health Care Assistant to join our team at the Phoenix Health Group. Innovative and progressive with surgeries across Cirencester and Tetbury, we focus on providing excellent personal care and a holistic approach to medical practice.
The role will provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients as well as provide nursing assistance to the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team.
Main duties of the job
You will need:
* Take a holistic approach to lifestyle advice on diet, smoking, alcohol intake, and exercise.
* Undertake long-term condition health checks and liaise with the relevant nurses.
* Good standard of education including qualification in English and Maths (GCSE grade A-C, or equivalent).
* Use of clinical IT systems.
* Knowledge of Information Governance and Caldicott Principles.
* Understanding of Clinical Governance.
* Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and time management.
* Experience in Phlebotomy is desirable but not essential; for the right candidate, training will be provided.
* Flexibility to meet the demands of the post and the ability to adapt to a changing environment.
About us
We are a highly regarded Practice with excellent patient feedback. Our Friends and Family Surveys report patients scoring >95% extremely likely or likely to recommend the Practice.
Benefits include: NHS Pension Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, regular team meetings, and biannual team morale building days and other social events.
Job responsibilities
Job Description
JOB TITLE: Health Care Assistant
Duties and responsibilities:
* Provide and maintain a high standard of nursing care for patients.
* Assist the doctors and other members of the primary healthcare team.
* Ensure awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral.
* Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.
* Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).
* Ensure infection control guidelines are maintained.
* Confidentiality of information gained at work must be preserved at all times.
* Carry out other duties as required which are commensurate with the skills and knowledge required by the post, and for which training has been provided.
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
Person Specification
Experience
* Broad knowledge and experience of a HCA role in a primary care environment.
* Use of clinical IT systems.
* Competent user of Microsoft Office software.
Knowledge and skills
* Excellent keyboard and computer skills.
* Excellent communication skills, written and oral with the ability to communicate confidently.
* Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Knowledge of Information Governance and Caldicott Principles.
* Understanding of Clinical Governance.
Qualifications
* Good standard of education including qualification in English & Maths (GCSE grade A-C, or equivalent).
* Qualified to NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care.
Qualities & Attributes
* Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness, and common sense.
* Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
* Trustworthy and self-motivated.
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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