Health Care Assistant - William Brown Centre

The post holder works under indirect supervision of the practice nurse team leader and undertakes task and duties delegated by the practice nurse team leader or a suitably qualified regulated professional. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, following policy and procedures can provide supervision to practice phlebotomist as required., Communication

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication

Personal and people developmen

Take responsibility for own developmental learning and performance

Take responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal development

Work with management on any new training requirements

To recognise and understand the roles and responsibilities of individuals working in the primary health care team

Be aware of the legal issues pertinent to the role of a basic HCA (level 1)

Health , Safety and security

Use and encourage others to be familiar with the personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines

Identify the risks involved in work activities and undertake them in a way that manages the risks

IntraHealth is one of the UKs leading provider of NHS Primary and Community Care services. We serve a range of patients across our three divisions of Primary Care (general practice), Pharmacy and Clinical Services which includes anticoagulation monitoring, patient medication reviews and childhood immunisation programmes.

We also provide management and clinical support to other GP practices and NHS bodies. We are a well-established organisation having provided NHS services since 1999. Our team is made up of GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs), nurses, pharmacists, Health Care Assistants (HCAs) and local administration teams supported by a centralised back office function; providing finance, HR, administration and data analysis support.

We operate NHS services across the North East, North West and Yorkshire.