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 Group, Stamford is a forward thinking, progressive organisation offering primary care services to the people of Stamford and surrounding villages. We are a large practice with a population of 31,000 patients.

**Job Introduction**

We are looking for a NVQ 2/3 qualified Healthcare Assistant to join our dynamic and friendly team who will work full-time or part-time during our network core hours which are 8 am - 8 pm Monday to Friday and 9 am - 5 pm on a Saturday on a rota basis.

The purpose of the post is to assist the GPs and nurse team in the delivery of safe, high quality primary care services to the practice population, for example providing general practice services including; audiology, phlebotomy, administering injections such as Flu and pneumonia, long term condition reviews, simple dressings, NHS Health checks etc.

**What you will do**

Duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to;
Health checks

Wound management

Basic vaccinations

ECGs

BP checks

B12 injections

Stitch and suture removal

Conducting health promotion clinics

**Essential Criteria**
- English and Maths GCE level c and above (new grade 4 and above)
- Ability to accept training, coaching and guidance (in prep for Care Certificate study
- Desire to work within care profession
- Can work to a high standard of care under supervision
- Able to provide quality care to patients in a 1:1 setting
- Good interpersonal &communication skills
- Good organisational & Time management skills
- Ability to work independently following verbal or written instructions
- Adaptable to change
- Computer literate
- Can work well within a team
- Own transport to work between different sites when and where required

**Desirable Criteria**
- English and Maths GCE level c and above (new grade 4 and above)
- Ability to accept training, coaching and guidance (in prep for Care Certificate study
- Desire to work within care profession
- Can work to a high standard of care under supervision
- 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**

**Application process**

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.

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**

If you require full job description and person spec please contact our central HR team.

**Website**

Lakeside Stamford (lakesidehealthcarestamford.co.uk)

**Equality, Diversity & Inclusion**

**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 will not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously, in making these decisions throughout our recruitment and selection processes and foll