Healthcare AssistantNHS

Job summary

Lingwell Croft Surgery is a friendly, forward-thinking GP practice dedicated to providing high-quality, patient-centred care to the communities of Middleton and Hunslet. We are proud of our welcoming team environment, our commitment to innovation, and our focus on delivering excellent healthcare services that meet the evolving needs of our patients.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and compassionate Healthcare Assistant to join our supportive clinical team. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about delivering outstanding patient care and enjoys working in a busy primary care setting. The successful candidate will support our clinicians by undertaking a range of clinical duties, promoting health and wellbeing, and helping to ensure patients receive a positive experience at every stage of their care.

If you are a motivated team player with excellent communication skills, a caring approach, and a commitment to providing high standards of care, we would love to hear from you. In return, you'll be joining a practice that values its people, encourages professional development, and is committed to making a positive difference to the health and wellbeing of our local community.

Main duties of the job

The following are the core responsibilities of the HCA. However, there may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staff levels:-

• Phlebotomy
• Long term condition health checks
• NHS health checks
• ECG recording
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Administering flu vaccinations
• Home visits - Carehomes/Housebound
• Chaperoning duties
• Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
• Prepare, maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care
• Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
• Participate in training to meet the needs of the practice
• Attend target events appropriate to job
• Carry out BMI checks as directed

Job description

To support the practice nursing team in the delivery of nursing services, delivering care within their scope of practice to the eligible patient population.

The healthcare assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education.

About us

Lingwell Croft Surgery was founded in 1946

The building has been extended over the years and has had several refurbishments to offer excellent access for elderly, infirm and disabled patients.

The surgery is located in Middleton, an inner-city district of South Leeds. We are only a short distance from the major junctions of the M1, M62 and A1-M1 link and the A6120 Leeds outer Ring Road, allowing access from locations around Yorkshire and beyond. Leeds city centre is within 5 miles of the surgery. Several shopping centres are close by.

The clinical staff are backed up by an experienced administration team who consist of our secretarial department, our coding department, IT and our team of receptionists.

We are:

• Committed to staff training and personal development
• We are an 11 doctor practice
• Extremely low staff turnover rates and typically high lengths of service
• Emphasis on teamwork and the creation of a family unit
• Good working relationships between our clinical and administrative teams
• Experienced Practice Manager and Assistant Practice Manager
• Involved in the running of the Middleton & Hunslet Primary care Network (PCN)
• A paper light practice using the SystmOne clinical system.