Temporary Locum Health Care Assistant

Highcroft Surgery based in Arnold, Nottingham are looking for a temporary Locum HCA to work a minimum of 20 hours over 3 days a week but also welcome applicants looking for full time hours. The duration of the temporary cover is noted as 6 months but this can be reduced or extended by mutual agreement and can be discussed in the interview.

Essential criteria:

• Must have Health Care Assistant experience
• Must have undertaken a range of Health Care Assistant duties such as taking blood, performing ECG testing and taking observations
• Good understanding of spoken and written English
• Desire to develop skills and qualifications under continuous professional development
• Work within teams
• Flexible approach and ability to demonstrate empathy
• Maintain accurate records
• Be organised and able to prioritise tasks
• Basic IT skills (MS Office, Internet)
• Able to take instruction and follow requests made
• Willingness to learn
• Desire to help, assist and improve the lives of patients

Desirable criteria:

• Good standard of general education including Maths and English at Grade C and above (or equivalent)
• Health and social Care qualification such as Care Certificate or NVQ level 2 or 3
• Previous experience in a patient facing role
• General Practice experience

We are a friendly GP surgery looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Temporary/Locum Health Care Assistant who is able to cover maternity leave and training absences at our Practice. We have a very supportive, flexible, forward thinking nursing and HCA team and pride ourselves on strong team working.

We are located in a purpose built medical centre in Arnold, Nottingham close to many amenities. We have an established Clinical team comprising of two GP Partners, one Nurse Partner, four Salaried GPs, additional GP Registrars/F2s, three Practice Nurses, one Nurse Associate, one trainee Nurse Associate and two Health Care Assistants.

This will be in addition to one Senior Practice Pharmacist, one Pharmacy Technician, one First Contact Physiotherapist and one Mental Health Practitioner as part of the PCN.

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