Job summaryWe have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare assistant to join our well established and high performing team.Candidates should have primary care experience and be able to meet the majority of the responsibilities included in the job description.Candidates should be willing to work in a developing role, be enthusiastic, empathetic, have flexibility in their approach and the ability to work as part of our friendly team. Candidates should be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be keen to develop within an exciting and varied role within an innovative environment.Main duties of the jobResponsibilities includePatient health checks and clinical reviews, including but not limited to:New patient health checksNHS health ChecksWell woman & Well Man checksGeriatric reviewsINR testing (including housebound provisions)Learning Disability ChecksControlled Chronic Disease reviewsECG recordingPhlebotomy (including housebound provision)Chaperoning dutiesBP monitoring including hypertension reviews and 24 hour BPUrinalysisB12 and flu injectionsDressing of wounds including suture and clip removalWeight monitoringProvide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the practiceHelping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promotedRestocking/maintenance of equipmentRestocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms including clearingProcessing and management of own laboratory samplesFridge monitoring and recordingSurgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotationPreparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GP/Nurse during the performance of minor operations, coil insertions and implantsEmergency equipment and doctors box monitoring, calibration and orderingAbout usWe have an exciting opportunity for a Healthcare assistant to join our well established and high performing team. We are a forward-thinking practice serving a patient population of 9,600 and are committed to putting patient care first. You will be working within an experienced and supportive team which includes 5 Partners, 4 Salaried GPs, 3 Practice Nurses 2 Healthcare Assistants and 1 phlebotomist.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesDuties and responsibilities:Patient health checks and clinical reviews, including but not limited to:New patient health checksNHS health ChecksWell woman & Well Man checksGeriatric reviewsINR testing (including housebound provisions)Learning Disability ChecksControlled Chronic Disease ReviewsECG recordingPhlebotomyChaperoning dutiesBP monitoring including hypertension reviews and 24 hour BPUrinalysisB12 and flu injectionsEar SyringingDressing of wounds including suture and clip removalWeight monitoringProvide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the practiceHelping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promotedEnsure sharps bins are handled safely in line with practice policy .i.e. label opening and closingRestocking/maintenance of equipmentRestocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms including clearingProcessing and management of own laboratory samplesFridge monitoring and recordingSurgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotationPreparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GP/Nurse during the performance of minor operations, coil insertions and implantsAssisting with the collection of data on needs related to health and well-being (appropriate readcoding including templates)Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completedEmergency equipment and doctors box (emerg meds) monitoring, calibration and orderingEnsures awareness of statutory and local clinical protection procedures, including systems of referral. Ability to recognise signs and symptoms of child and adult abuse.Able to recognise and manage anaphylaxis according to current UK guidelines.Able to perform Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation according to current UK guidelines.Ability to obtain and document informed consent (either verbal or written).Reporting of significant events and where necessary, attend meetingAdministration support such as bowel screening / smear screening / review recalling where requiredPerson SpecificationDriving licenseEssentialFull clean driving licenseExperienceEssentialExperience of working in primary careExperience of working within a nursing teamDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Employer detailsEmployer nameSt Georges Medical CentreAddressField RoadWallaseyMerseysideCH45 5LNEmployer's websitehttps://stgeorgesmedicalcentre.com/ (Opens in a new tab)