Healthcare Assistant

About Lakeside

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

About the Practice/Department/Team

Lakeside Healthcare at Yaxley is a well-established surgery with a list size of over 18,000 which is growing. We achieve full QOF points, and have been awarded the RCGP Quality Practice Award twice. The practice adopted a Doctor First access system in 2012 for all GP and Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Care Practitioner appointments.

Job Introduction

Lead by a GP Partner, you would be one of an overall Nursing Team of 15, including 3 Nurse Practitioners, 2 Emergency Care Practitioners, 6 Practice Nurses and 5 HCAs, all working together to provide same day, first class primary care.

What you will do

• Venepuncture
• ECG recording
• Processing and management of laboratory samples
• Following agreed clinical protocols with referral to nurses or GPs as appropriate
• Chronic disease clinic including diabetes (including foot checks), asthma and COPD, health promotion
• Carrying out INR monitoring using INR star (training provided)
• To apply basic dressings under the supervision of the Practice Nurses

Essential Criteria

Qualified to NVQ level 2

Experience within a primary care setting

Able to provide quality care to patients in a 1:1 setting

Good interpersonal &communication skills

Good organisational skills

Effective time management skills

Ability to work independently following verbal or written instructions

Adaptable to change

Computer literate

Can work well within a team

What we offer you (Benefits)

• Generous holidays (additional long service entitlements)
• NHS pension and long service recognition
• NHS Discounts (Blue Light Card)
• Career opportunities
• Role specific training and ongoing development
• Great team environment

Lakeside Healthcare is proud to be a Living Wage employer

Interview process

Please apply with a CV and a cover letter - Please upload your CV as a pdf and include your personal email address in your cover letter.

Our interview process will aim to meet you in person however some interviews may be carried out virtually. If interviews are carried out at our GP practices, you will be required to wear a mask.

To help you shine and show your full potential, please make us aware of any changes you might need at any stage of your application. If you need an alternative way of applying for this role, support with understanding the role, any changes at interviews, or anything else, we encourage you to contact our central HR team. Details can be found on our website www.lakesidehealthcare.co.ukor you can message us through Indeed.

We encourage candidates to not delay their application as we retain the right to close the advert early should the volume of applications become very high.

Please ensure you have your Right to Work documentation available at interview We will require you to produce the original documentation prior to your start date.

Shortlisting

We anticipate that shortlisting will commence one week after the advert has closed and will advise of interview arrangements if successful, however this timeline is dependent on the number of applications.

Website

https://www.yaxleygp.nhs.uk/

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We value diversity and we're committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and cultures and believe that a diverse workforce will help us to care for and support our patients and employees better. Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18 yrs. so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.

Equal Opportunities

Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and job applicants are protected from unlawful discrimination. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that our hiring teams making selection and recruitment decisions that do not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously and follow recognised industry best practice.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £19,358.09-£23,135.85 per year

Benefits:

• On-site parking
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the UK? If you answered Yes you must be able to provide sufficient evidence upon interview.
• Have you worked within a primary care setting?

Application deadline: 26/03/2023