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Experienced Healthcare Assistant

Primary Care Careers

Ipswich, IP1 2EUView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£24,851 to £29,328

Contract

Fixed-Term

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

31 October 2026

10 days left

Job description

Burlington Primary Care is looking to welcome two experienced healthcare assistants into our practice to support our nursing team. The roles are both ...

  • ECG recording
  • Phlebotomy
  • Spirometry
  • Chaperoning duties
  • Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/nurses
  • Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment
  • Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
  • Assisting with childhood immunisations
  • Height/weight/BP measurements
  • Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
  • Clearing and re-stocking consulting rooms
  • Wound care (with training)
  • Preparing and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor operations
  • Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
  • Undertaking specific clinical activities for named patients that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual
  • Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
  • Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being
  • B12 loading doses
  • Long term condition reviews
  • Checking ears
  • Dopplers

If you would like to find out more information about this

role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Patients are at the heart of all that the practice does.

We are a busy practice in the heart of Ipswich, rated "Good" by CQC, with over 18,000 patients. Our demographic is varied and will provide the chosen candidate with good all round heath care experience. We have a long standing friendly and professional team of nurses and nurse practitioners for you to be part of.

At BPC, we have a team made up of partners, salaried GPs, trainee GPs, advanced nurse practitioners, practice nurses, emergency care practitioners, health care assistants, pharmacists, admin assistants, care navigators, social prescribers and the management teams. As you can imagine, there's always someone about.

What we can offer you.

  • 6 weeks holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Membership to NHS pension scheme with 14.38% employer contribution
  • Monthly well-being staff events
  • Staff well-being rest rooms that includes an outside garden space
  • Team building events
  • Staff development - for staff to grow and progress within the organisation.
  • Staff Parking
  • Personalised NHS fleece and uniform if required

Experience

Essential

  • Experience taking assessment diagnostics
  • A flexible and positive attitude
  • Demonstrate good team working and communication skills and an excellent standard of patient (customer) service
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with particular ability to liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members
  • Ability to make decisions, organise, time management and prioritise
  • Demonstrates excellent team working
  • Ability to work independently
  • Ability to demonstrate motivation
  • Excellent negotiating and influencing skills
  • Computer literacy

Desirable

  • Experience of working in a busy healthcare environment/primary care
  • Knowledge of SystmOne would be a distinct advantage but are not essential as full training can be given
  • Driving licence and access to a vehicle

Qualifications

Essential: - Educated to GCSE (or equivalent)

Desirable: - Qualification/experience in phlebotomy; - Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent Resuscitation - minimum of Basic Life Support (BLS)

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

19 October 2026

Last checked

21 October 2026

Salary, closing date and description are taken from the employer's advert. The original advert always takes precedence.

About the employer

PCC
Primary Care Careers

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