Health Care Assistant

Employer: Horfield Health Centre

Position: Health Care Assistant

Salary: £12.71 – £13.00 an hour 

Job Type: Part-time 

Work location: Bristol

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

You are committed to general practice and can understand the benefits (for both the patients and you) of working at a practice where staff development and progression are the key to success. You enjoy working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and would like to join a practice where staff are described as ‘friendly and welcoming’ and patients ‘felt listened to’, and overall patients consider ‘the service I received was excellent’.

(Friends and Family Test feedback March 2026)

You will join a team of 5 practice nurses and 3 other healthcare assistants. We are looking for a total of around 30 hours per week worked over 4 days.

Working hours are within a flexible shift pattern between 8.00am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Occasional Saturday working, and some weekday evenings to 8pm are required.

The pay rate shown is indicative, and the rate offered will be dependent upon prior, relevant experience

PLEASE NOTE: interviews will take place on the afternoons of 18th and 21st May 2026. Virtual interviews will be an option, if required.

Your Responsibilities include:

• Venepuncture (checking request forms, checking patient ID, checking equipment, drawing blood, labelling bottles, checking venepuncture site)

• Blood Pressure, height & weight measurements

• Smoking status checks

• Urinalysis (& processing of samples)

• Assisting with contraceptive coil fits

• Completing NHS Health Checks

• When required, acting as a chaperone for patients

• Chronic disease management: supporting practice nurses and pharmacists with annual checks for patients with diabetes, hypertension & CHD. Diabetic foot checks

• Seasonal flu vaccinations

• Maintaining strict confidentiality of patients records and clinically related matters at all times

• Promoting effective communication and relationships within the team

• Partaking in clinical supervision

• Making effective use of the IT system (EMIS Web) by ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data and use of appropriate coding

• Contributing to practice/team audit and reviews of service delivery as required

• Keeping up to date with mandatory training

• Attending staff meetings and group training as required

• Assisting patients and, where appropriate, encouraging self-care and self-management of self-limiting conditions through health promotion

• Working to all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g.: Infection Control and Chaperoning

• Potential for development with spirometry and wound management

Work schedule 

Expected hours: 30 per week

Working hours are within a flexible shift pattern between 8.00am and 6.30pm Monday to Friday. Occasional Saturday working, and some weekday evenings to 8pm are required.

You will have

• Has a good professional manner and able to deal with patients and staff professionally even when under pressure.

• Strong inter-personal and communication skills.

• Enjoys working flexibly within a team and contributing to the team as a whole.

• Good IT skills and willing to learn.

• Previous training in phlebotomy required.

• Experience of basic wound care.

• Experience of some or all of the following are desirable: contraception and sexual health, cervical screening, management of chronic diseases (asthma, COPD, CHD and diabetes.)

• A commitment to continuing professional development is therefore essential.

Requirement 

• Phlebotomy: 1 year (required)

• Also important is the willingness and ability to learn, with training provided, to develop further skills in this area.

• To be able to maintain confidentiality.

• To be able to deal with patients sensitively.

• Up to date Disclosure and Barring Service assessment.

• Organisational fit: A good team worker with a positive attitude.

• Organisational progression: The practice is committed to staff training and continuous professional development. The successful applicant will be prepared to attend training sessions and to put the learning into practice.

Benefits:

• Company events

• Company pension

• Cycle to work scheme

• Employee assistance programme

• Employee discount

• Health & wellbeing programme

• On-site parking

• Annual leave (WTE)

• 35 days including public holidays.

• This may increase after 5 years’ service.

• Staff who are contracted to work less than 5 days a week will be entitled to paid holidays (including bank holidays) pro-rata to the number of holidays (including bank holidays) for those contracted to work 5 days a week.

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Application Process

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