Job summary

We are a good humoured, forward looking, and nurturing practice who are looking for a similarly minded Health Care Assistant to join our team. We value fairness in workload and strive to achieve a positive work /life balance and develop resilience across our practice team, despite the current pressure on primary care.  We pride ourselves on a team approach to continued service improvement and encourage all to share their experiences, knowledge, and skills.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join our supportive team.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a reliable enthusiastic Health Care Assistant to join our GP Surgery on a One Year Fixed term contract. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work within a busy primary care setting, supporting the clinical team in delivering high quality care to our patient population and contributing to the effective day-to-day running of our practice.

About our organisation

With a growing practice population of 9100 patients, we are within an easy commute from the centre of Bristol, and proximity to the M5 means we are just a short drive to some of the most picturesque parts of the British countryside. The team at Severn View Family Practice is warm, welcoming, loyal, and supportive.  We are a teaching practice and welcome GP Trainees, GP retainers, Foundation Dr’s, Medical Students, and Nurse Students, as well as prescribing paramedics and pharmacists, over the course of the year.

We are a forward-thinking practice, taking an active part in driving innovation in close collaboration with our neighbouring 4 practices, as the Severnvale PCN.

Practice profile:

• PMS practice in South Gloucestershire
• Growing list of 9100 patients
• Use Emis web and Ardens with high QOF achievement
• A training and teaching Practice
• 3 Partners and 4 salaried GP’s
• 2 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• 2 Advanced Clinical Practitioners
• Pharmacy hub within our PCN
• Physiotherapist, Social Prescribers work alongside Clinicians.

The successful candidate will value family medicine, continuity of care and proactive development, work well within a team, flexibility to work effectively within a busy team as well as independently and have good communication skills.

Informal visits are welcome. Please contact the Lead Practice Nurse Yolande Pratt via email – ypratt@nhs.net.

Hours- full time -37.5 per week

Salary- £12.71

Please find the attached Job Description here.