HealthcareGP Assistant

Walton Medical Centre are looking for an experienced heathcare/GP assistant to join our busy and rewarding medical centre. This role can be offeredon afull-time or part-time basis with flexibility on days and hours

Weare looking for someone who has experience of assisting patients with clinical requirements liaising with clinical staff for healthcare needs carrying out health checks and must have experience of using clinical systems.

Main duties of the job will include:

• Providing face-to-face support to patients within our practices
• Carrying out clinical duties such as blood pressure checks ECGs phlebotomy wound care weight management and NHS health checks
• B12 shingles pneumococcal and flu injections- preferrable
• Supporting the nursing and GP team in chaperoning patients
• Assisting in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and wellbeing
• Vaccine and cold chain storage monitoring and recording
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date clinical records
• Assisting with infection control and general health promotion
• Contributing to a positive and proactive team culture
• Support with clinical stock control management - clearing and restocking consultation rooms

The Colte Partnership is a GP super-partnership formed in June 2017. It brought together 8 local GP surgeries across Colchester and Tendring serving approx. 80000 patients. With the combined workforce skills and knowledge we are in a unique position to assist our patients across the county.

We pride ourselves on working to be at the forefront of primary care in our region and have many exciting ventures on the horizon.

Each of our branches has its own character and family friendly ethos which is why our patients love coming to us (and tell us so in our regular patient surveys). However being a large partnership means we can offer so much more than a local branch can by itself with specialist clinics social prescribing and innovative support such as regular dementia cafes.

We strive to look after our employees as well with generous annual leave flexible and family friendly working and support during difficult times such as free counselling.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.