NHS

HCA-Health Care Assistant


PayCompetitive
LocationSouth Shields/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: A1800-25-0004?language=en&page=121&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      Opportunity to join a small, loyal team working across two GP sites in the lovely towns of South Shields & Jarrow.

      This role combines clinical skills alongside administrative. Please see job spec attached.

      Main duties of the job

      Providing a supportive role with patient reviews and signposting on to Practice Nurse further interaction, where necessary but also autonomous in a range of reviews suitable for a trained and skilled HCA. New to the role will be phlebotomy on site and also possible ECG testing, with results to a trained clinician to interpret. The role will be busy and interesting and will benefit from support with the surgery existing HCA.

      About us

      3 Partners, 2 long-term locum GP's, Practice Manager, Assistant PM, ACP, NP, HCA, 2 x GPA, Administrator and 6 non-clinical. We have just shy of 6000 patients. We aim to give the best care and service possible to our patients. Staff opinion and suggestions are part of our regular interactions and meetings and we take on board work/life balance to make everyone's working day as pleasant as able.

      We are a training practice, currently giving educational encouragement to an ST1, as well as involvement with student placements in medicine and pharmaceutical.

      We are currently also recruiting for a Practice Nurse, to further compliment and extend our team, with 2 x locum PN's covering in the interim.

      Details

      Date posted

      28 May 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      Depending on experience also subject to 6month probationary period.

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time, Part-time

      Reference number

      A1800-25-0004

      Job locations

      Horsley Hill Road

      South Shields

      Tyne And Wear

      NE33 3ET


      The Medical Centre

      Wear Street

      Jarrow

      Tyne And Wear

      NE32 3JN


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      As previous submission this is a new role and of a mixed skill set including the opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work, please see the attached job spec. Please note that interviews will be undertaken by 2 partners, salaried GP and PM, in person, at Ravensworth Surgery and will incorporate pre-set scenario questions.

      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      As previous submission this is a new role and of a mixed skill set including the opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work, please see the attached job spec. Please note that interviews will be undertaken by 2 partners, salaried GP and PM, in person, at Ravensworth Surgery and will incorporate pre-set scenario questions.

      Person Specification

      Experience

      Essential

      • Please see the person spec at bottom of job spec attached
      Person Specification

      Experience

      Essential

      • Please see the person spec at bottom of job spec attached

      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Certificate of Sponsorship

      Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

      From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

      Additional information

      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Certificate of Sponsorship

      Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

      From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Ravensworth Surgery

      Address

      Horsley Hill Road

      South Shields

      Tyne And Wear

      NE33 3ET


      Employer's website

      https://www.ravensworthsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      Ravensworth Surgery

      Address

      Horsley Hill Road

      South Shields

      Tyne And Wear

      NE33 3ET


      Employer's website

      https://www.ravensworthsurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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