Healthcare Assistant
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £13 to £15 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £13 - £15 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 September 2025 |
| Location: | Weybridge, KT13 8DW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A1404-HCA-PFP |
Summary
A healthcare assistant at Phoenix Family Practice will be expected to undertake various clinical activities that support our patients' health and well being. Confidence with healthcare vocabularly and a good understanding of the basics of physiology to be able to offer universal health advice confidently to patients when undertaking NHS Health Checks or to explain why procedures might be needed. The ability to perform venepuncture is essential, with the confidence to take samples from multiple points on the body, as well as capillary blood tests for specific investigations. Experience confidently fitting various investigative measurement devices, such as 12-Lead ECGs, BP Machines as well as more obvious devices like scales and measuring tapes! Finally the ability to build a professional rapport with patients, to demonstrate confidence in your ability and ensure any investigations are comfortable and calm.