Health care Assistant

To provide the full range of the HCA role within Primary care and support to other professionals and to patients of the practice including treatment, screening, chronic disease management and advice within the professional competence of the post holder. Support and work effectively within the clinical team.

All duties

will be carried out in accordance with the standards of a HCA and

with regard to the various practice protocols. The candidate will be within of a nursing

team responsible for ensuring that the practice provides an excellent level of service of

nursing care relevant to the practice population.

Prospect Medical Group is a long established, friendly and

forward-thinking GP practice in the west end of Newcastle Upon Tyne based in

modern single site premises. We have 6 GP partners who employ 2 salaried

GPs, 2 Nurse Practitioners, 4 Practice Nurses, 3 Healthcare Assistants as well

as a team of dedicated and supportive administrative staff. We currently have a

patient list size of around 14,000. We are highly involved in our

PCN (Inner West Newcastle) and through this we benefit from pharmacists, physiotherapists,

psychology, paramedics, a nurse associate, mental health workers and social

prescribers who work also work for the practice.

Our collective purpose is to provide the best care to our

patients.

We use SystmOne clinical system.

Qualifications

Essential: - Completed the care qualification; - competent in general primary care HCA role and duties

Desirable: - NVQ level 2 or 3

Additional Requirements

Essential: - Ability to work core hours; - Flexibility for cover

Desirable: - Basic IT skills