| Posting date: | 25 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £23,464.00 to £25,419.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £23464.00 – £25419.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 December 2024 |
| Location: | Daventry, NN11 4DY |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2927-24-0021 |
Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Health Care Assistant to join a friendly and busy GP Practice.
Previous experience in phlebotomy is preferred, however training would be provided to a suitable candidate.
Hours- 35 hours per week
What we will offer you in return:
Generous Annual Salary
NHS Pension Scheme
25 days Holiday a Year plus bank holidays (Pro rata)
A good working environment. – The practice itself is located in close proximity to Daventry Town centre in a modern building adjoining Danetre Hospital a community hospital which opened in September 2006.
Canteen on site
Also adjacent to the Practice operating independently is a Nursery & Boots Chemist
Plenty onsite parking
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures whilst managing their own workload to deliver the practice priorities. Clinically, the focus of the role is to undertake COVID vaccinations and then be able to support clinical activities within the clinical team as requested. Eg. ECGs, health checks, Phlebotomy, dressings and wound care etc, as delegated by the practice nurse on duty and according to training and competencies. The role will also be evolving as the balance of care shifts from hospital to general practice.
Undertake Phlebotomy for individual patients.
Undertake screening and diagnostic procedures, promoting and being involved in Health Education activity e.g. height, weight, BP.
Processing of samples e.g. urine.
Administer First Aid.
Receive and refer patients to trained nurses when appropriate
Understand and adhere to the Policies and Procedures of the Practice
Update the computer by coding activities appropriately and at the time of the consultation using templates where appropriate. Comply with computer-based information requirements
Ensure all items of equipment are maintained in good order, and ensure that all procedures for reporting hazards or unsafe equipment are known, understood and carried out by all staff in the nursing team
Participate in a duty rota system within the clinical team to ensure the service requirements are met
About us
The current list size of Danetre Medical Practice is approximately 12,800. Any increase over the last ten years has been due mainly to; natural change (more births than deaths); building development within Daventry itself and more recently migration from the rest of the UK and overseas. The boundaries of the Practice show we are large in terms of geographical size, with the majority of the land classified as rural.
The practice itself is located in close proximity to Daventry Town centre in a modern building adjoining Danetre Hospital (a community hospital which opened in September 2006) offering a wide range of services and delivering a high standard of care. Also attached to the Practice operating independently is Boots Chemist.
Currently the practice works with 5 x GP partners, 1 x Managing Partner, 4 x salaried GPs, 3 x Practitioners, 2 x Clinical Pharmacists and over 250Hrs of Clinical nursing support.
To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.