Health Care Assistant
Grimston Medical Centre
King's Lynn, PE32 1DW
Salary
£13.25
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
11 days left
Job description
We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to join our nursing team. We are a happy, established clinical team that is look...
The ideal candidate will have a positive attitude and
excellent communication skills. They will work alongside our team of
experienced nurses.
Duties and responsibilities in your own clinics will
include, but not be limited to;
- 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 and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
- Undertake wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
- Support the Practice Nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
- Carry out BMI checks
- Act as a chaperone
- Venepuncture
- Administer vaccinations/injections
- Spirometry
- Carry out ECGs
- Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
- Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared
- Monitor fridges on a daily basis
- 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
- Participate in practice audit as directed
- Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
- Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
-
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 and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
-
Undertake
wound care, dressings and other clinical tasks as required
-
Support
the Practice Nurse with the management of long term conditions
-
Carry
out BMI checks as directed
-
Act as
a chaperone as required
-
Venepuncture
-
Administer
injections e.g. B12
-
Diabetic
foot checks
-
Blood
sugar checks
-
INR
-
Spirometry
-
Carry
out ECGs as requested
-
Assist
GP with minor surgery clinic
-
Ensure
specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
-
Ensure
all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
-
Monitor
fridges on a daily basis
-
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
-
Participate
in practice audit as directed
-
Participate
in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
-
Support
and participate in shared learning within the organisation
We are a small friendly GP Practice with around 5300
patients. Our clinical team includes 3 GP Partners, an Advanced Nurse
Practitioner and a team of Nurses and Health Care Assistants. We teach Medical
Students and are a training Practice for GP
Registrars.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education including passes at GCSE or equivalent in English and maths
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with the public
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP Practice
Qualities and Attributes
Essential
- Experience of working in a Primary Care environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Able to demonstrate enthusiasm to developing nursing skills
- An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
- Ability to use own judgement , resourcefulness and common sense
- Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priority
- Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
- Pleasant and articulate
- Able to work under pressure
- Able to work in a changing environment
- Able to use own initiative
- Able to adhere to patient confidentiality rules
Desirable
- Experience of using SystmOne
- Experience of Microsoft office software
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
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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