Healthcare Assistant

Full Time 37.5 per week £23,166 Per year East Midlands Newport Pagnell Medical Centre, Queens Ave, Newport Pagnell MK16 8QT, United Kingdom

Overview

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for a healthcare assistant to join the practice to support and assist the community matron, ICST and GP and practice nurse team in the service delivery and management of patients registered across our three sites. This role will provide planned health and social care as appropriate to the skills of the HCA, supporting patients and their families in their own homes or other settings, as appropriate.

The role is full time, working 37.5 hours per week.

The role covers both clinical and administrative duties and responsibilities, details of which are included in the attached job description.

The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience, skills and competence, requiring you to work effectively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

About the Candidate

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

A qualification in phlebotomy/venepuncture
Successful completion of the care certificate, or willingness to undertake, as indicated by the CQC
Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care, or equivalent
Experience of working within a GP practice

Essential knowledge, skills and experience:

Strong clinical skills;
Confidence and competence in all HCA duties required for the post;
Experience within primary care or another 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

Newport Pagnell Medical Centre provides services across three sites: Newport Pagnell, NPMC@Willen and NPMC@Kingfisher, and aspires to the highest standards of excellence and professionalism:

In the provision of high-quality care that is safe, effective and focused on patient experience;
In the planning and delivery of the clinical and other services it provides;
In the people it employs and the education, training and development they receive;
In the leadership and management of its organisations;
Through its commitment to innovation;
In the promotion and conduct of research to improve the current and future health and care of the population.

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.

The National Health Service is the publicly funded healthcare system in England, and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system in the world after the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde.

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