Job Description

About the Role

Stanton Surgery are looking for a healthcare assistant (HCA) to join the practice in this vital patient-facing role offered on a 6 month fixed term contract. The role will be part-time for 24 hours a week, working Monday, Tuesday and Fridays, 8.00am - 4.30pm.



Main duties of the role:
Carry out base-line observations such as pulse, oximetry, temperature, blood pressure and blood glucose levels, recording findings accurately. Monitoring practice facilities and equipment in relation to infection control. Ensure that all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session. Update patient health records. Safe management of sharps procedures. Waste management including collection, handling and storage. Communicate with patients, relatives, and carers including providing valuable health promotion and education. New patient health checks.
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

All applicants should have the following skills and qualifications:
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 including venepuncture/phlebotomy. Excellent patient-facing communication and interpersonal skills. Good communication skills. Ability to work independently, determining own workload priorities, as well as working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Strong organisational and time management skills.

About Us

We are a rural dispensing and training practice located in the village of Stanton, set in the beautiful Suffolk countryside close to Bury St Edmunds. We serve a stable population of approximately 5,200 patients.



We offer traditional general practice and we will be very supportive towards developing personal interests.



We have a team of three nurses, and work closely with our PCN colleagues who visit the surgery weekly, such as a social prescriber, mental health link worker, mental health practitioner and physiotherapist. We are part of Blackbourne PCN which consists of four rural practices. A diabetes specialist nurse also visits monthly and holds a clinic at the practice.



We have a low home visiting rate shared with all doctors and UCPs.



We have modern purpose built premises, which have recently been extended and provide a bright and airy setting in which to work.



We are forward thinking, and always looking for new ways to do things to ensure we provide the best possible care for our patients. Recently we installed a dispensing robot with a 24-hour medication collection point.



We are rated GOOD across all areas by CQC.

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.