| Posting date: | 06 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23,529.92 to £25,024.90 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £23529.92 – £25024.90 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 27 March 2025 |
| Location: | Workington, CA14 2DL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A4837-25-0004 |
Health Care Job Summary
The health care assistant will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Nurse Lead and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
Health Care Assistant Main Duties
- Injectables (supported by theory, competencies & certificate & in-line with national search criteria as foundation of PSD)
- COVID Injections – Following provision of Certificate & Competencies documentation
- Influenza vaccinations (Adults 18 years and over) Following provision of Certificate & Competencies documentation
- B12 injections – (Following initiation by GP & loading dose by Practice Nurse) – Following provision of Certificate & Competencies documentation
- Pneumonia vaccinations – (Adults over 65) – Following provision of Certificate & Competencies documentation
- Shingles vaccinations – (In line with National searches) – Following provision of Certificate & Competencies documentation
- Phlebotomy
- NHS Health Checks
- To carry out calibration of health check machine in line with national protocol Liaison with Lead Nurse/Service Operational Lead
- QOF long term condition management – working alongside Practice Nurse for patient reviews, any areas of QOF appropriate to role and at discretion of Practice Nurse, GP & Practice Manager
- Blood-pressure checks
- Urinalysis (Dip stick urines in line with our urines policy liaising with Practice Nurse/GP)
- Weight Management checks (where felt appropriate by GP/Practice Nurse/Dietician)
- Diabetes foot checks as part of annual diabetes reviews
- Simple dressings (supported by Practice Nurse)
- ECG recording
- Chaperoning duties
- Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
- Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
About us
North Cumbria Primary Care Ltd (NCPC) is an innovative not for profit social enterprise, established to create a network of great surgeries which sustains and supports the development of general practice across the local area. We enable our member general practices to continue to operate as local family practices with the benefit of a large and robust infrastructure to provide support.
To apply for this job please visit findajob.dwp.gov.uk.