Job Description

Are you looking for a career in healthcare? Thirsk Doctors Surgery has an opening for an enthusiastic and motivated Healthcare Assistant to join our supportive and established team. The post is being offered at 12hpw, working Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The role will offer you the opportunity to build on your experience and development of working effectively within a multi-disciplinary healthcare team. There is mandatory training to complete plus training will also be provided where required dependent on current skills, qualifications and experience.
Interviews will be held on Monday 19th January 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible, as once we have closed a vacancy you may be unable to submit your application
Main duties of the job
The Healthcare Assistant will deliver and assist clinical staff in the provision of treatment, preventative care, health promotion and patient education whilst also supporting the administrative/nursing teams on an as-required basis. Duties will include not not limited to: venepuncture, baseline observations eg blood pressure, temperature, pulse, BMI, advising patients of test results on the phone in, support nurses where required, new patient health checks, chaperoning, ECG's.
About us
We are committed to providing high quality primary care services through an ethos of continuous learning and reflection, while ensuring all staff and patients are treated with dignity, honesty and respect.
We aim to be innovative and adaptable to the changing face of General Practice and to balance the needs of individual patients with those of the wider practice population. We are dedicated to promoting the aims and values of our Primary Care Network and the wider NHS and strive to improve the health of our population and encourage self-care.
Details
Date posted
15 December 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
12.35 to 12.75 an hour Dependent on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A0933-25-0007
Job locations
Chapel Street
Thirsk
YO7 1LG
Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Undertake new patient health checks.
• Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
• Facilitate routine home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
• Nurses phone in- advising patients of test results.
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained competencies.
• Support the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.
• Carry out BMI checks as directed.
• Act as a chaperone as required.
• Undertake venepuncture, attend training.
• Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where required.
• Carry out ECGs as requested.
• Urinalysis
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
• Deliver smoking cessation clinics and attend the training if required.
• Dopplar's
• Provide support during minor operations and medicals as required.
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referrals to the GP's
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and monitoring of fridge temperatures.
• Ordering stock from suppliers when required, stock checks.
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisations IPC policy.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
• Partake in mandatory eLearning and face to face training.

Job description
Job responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the Healthcare Assistant. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Undertake new patient health checks.
• Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes.
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, and pulse rate, recording findings accurately.
• Facilitate routine home machine BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly.
• Nurses phone in- advising patients of test results.
• Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required and within trained competencies.
• Support the practice nurses with the management of chronic disease clinics.
• Carry out BMI checks as directed.
• Act as a chaperone as required.
• Undertake venepuncture, attend training.
• Administer flu, covid, pneumococcal and shingles within trained competencies and attend training update courses where required.
• Carry out ECGs as requested.
• Urinalysis
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation.
• Deliver smoking cessation clinics and attend the training if required.
• Dopplar's
• Provide support during minor operations and medicals as required.
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referrals to the GP's
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked, clean and tidy and prepared for each session, maintaining and cleaning equipment used by nurses & GP's.
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance, recording and monitoring of fridge temperatures.
• Ordering stock from suppliers when required, stock checks.
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the organisations IPC policy.
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
• Partake in mandatory eLearning and face to face training.

Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Willingness and enthusiasm to train in clinical skills areas
• Venepuncture
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.

Desirable

• ECGs
• New patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse
• Chaperone procedure
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Strong IT skills
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS/SystmOne user skills

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Qualifications
Essential

• GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above

Desirable

• Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level.
• Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate
• Phlebotomy certification
• Vaccination certification

Person Specification
Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Willingness and enthusiasm to train in clinical skills areas
• Venepuncture
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Effective time management (planning and organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously.
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure.
• Ability to work under pressure
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.

Desirable

• ECGs
• New patient medicals, including height, weight, BP, pulse
• Chaperone procedure
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Strong IT skills
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• EMIS/SystmOne user skills

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with the general public

Desirable

• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Qualifications
Essential

• GCSE in Math's and English grade C or above

Desirable

• Healthcare qualification (level 3 or 4) or working towards gaining equivalent level.
• Previous completion of the HCA Care Certificate
• Phlebotomy certification
• Vaccination certification

Skills Required