Full Time
London
Posted 1 week ago

NHS Jobs

Job role: Health Care Assistant

Company name: NHS Jobs

Salary: £16.00 to £19.00 per hour

Job Reference: A0264-21-1308

About the Job:

Grand Union Health Centre is a dynamic GP practice that serves 21000 Patients in central London. We have an incredible nursing team and are looking to add a fully trained HCA to our team.

We are looking for someone who is:

Trained in Phlebotomy

Trained in ECG administration

Trained ideally in Paediatric Phlebotomy

Can do Diabetic Foot checks

Able to do Blood Pressure and Weight checks

Can do NHS Health Checks

System1 experience would be beneficial.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the role

See a variety of patients and do physical health checks including blood tests, ECGs, blood pressure, B12 injections, flu immuniastions, NHS health checks.

About us

We have 21,000 patients, 15 doctors, 5 pharmacists, 3 HCAs 3 Nurses, 1 Physician Assistant, 1 Paramedic and a very competent administrative team. We have a number of staff members who have been with us for over 20 years. We are all committed to providing excellent customer service and health care. We have excellent Mori Patient Survery reviews year on year. We also achieve highly in all dashboards to show that we are able to support our patients in an area of high deprivation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Candidate must have a Care Certificate

The Health Care Assistant is part of the Primary Health Care Team Principal Responsibilities

Phlebotomy duties.

To take and, where appropriate, despatch laboratory specimens including blood, urine, swabs and other diagnostic tests as required by GPs. Making sure they are ready for collection by the designated collection time, or alternatively storing them in the fridge for next day collection.

Setting up the ECG machine to take ECGs and sending them to be read by a GP

Carrying out blood pressure checks as well as fitting and removal of the 24 hour blood pressure monitor.

To advise patients on health care, minor ailments, health promotion and illness prevention.

To administer flu, pneumonia, and B12 injections having been adequately trained.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Care Certificate

Experience

Essential

Experience of Phlebotomy, Blood pressure and ECG
Must have Care Certificate or Equivalent

Desirable

Experience of Paediatric Phlebotomy
Experience of Diabetic Checks
Experience in NHS Health Check

Employer details

Employer name

Grand Union Health Centre

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