Health Care Assistant
| Posting date: | 11 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 January 2026 |
| Location: | Manchester, M27 0EW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A1535-25-0002 |
Summary
Job Summary: Working under the direct supervision of the Practice Nurse and Assistant Practitioner and strictly in accordance with specific guidelines and protocols, the Healthcare Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care and lead on areas of the Salford Standard. Duties and Responsibilities New patient health checks ECG recording BP monitoring Urinalysis Phlebotomy Ensure specimens are labelled and bagged ready for collection with the necessary paperwork completed. Ensure clinical waste collection runs smoothly, reporting any problems to the Practice Nurse. Ensure sharps bins are ready for collection. Restocking/maintenance of equipment. Restocking of clinical areas and consulting rooms. Chaperoning duties Assisting the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being Helping to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted Assisting with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and well-being Provide lifestyle advice to patients making any necessary referrals within the practice. Home visiting housebound patients for reviews and blood tests. Specific Salford Standard KPIs: Health Promotion Raising awareness of prevention. Doing practice displays to highlight national health promotion campaigns. Devise a national calendar of health promotion events. Linking with the health improvement worker to ensure patients are using community assets for health improvement. Respiratory Risk questionnaire Identify patients aged over 40 who smoke and contact those patients to fill in the risk questionnaire, perform spirometry if a positive result and refer to the practice nurse. Encourage and chase up all children with Asthma to attend for their reviews. DNAs and Non-Compliance Chase up all patients who have not attended for all screening appointments, LTC, mammograms, cervical cytology, bowel screening and contact to see if there are any barriers to that patient attending. IGR Reviews Follow these patients up annually and ensure that lifestyle intervention is offered. Carers Increase the identification of carers within the practice using text messaging, campaigning in waiting areas and generally raising the profile of carers within the practices. Ensure every carer is invited for an annual carers review. Link with the carers centre and refer patients as required. Health Improvement Invite and perform NHS Health Checks and encourage those who do not attend to engage with this. Pulse checks for all patients over 65. Audit-C management for all patients over 16. Offer BP check for all patients aged over 30. Refer all patients who need lifestyle intervention to the health improvement worker in the community who will assess and refer on to other services which are relevant to the patients needs in the community. Lifestyle holistic reviews as part of the LTC. Health Protection Contact all at-risk and patients over 65 who do not attend for an influenza/pneumococcal vaccination. Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately. In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential. Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues and other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data. Health and Safety The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Reporting potential risks identified Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal and Professional Development The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work. Quality The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs Effectively manage own time, workload and resources. Communication The post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly. Contribution to the Implementation of Services The post-holder will: Apply practice policies, standards and guidance Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work Participate in audit where appropriate.