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HCSW -Health Care Support Worker/HCA

South Shields
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Overview

NHS South Shields, England, United KingdomOpportunity to join a small, loyal team working across two GP sites in the towns of South Shields and Jarrow. This role combines clinical skills alongside administrative duties and requires a person with existing HCSW/HCA experience and certification. Please note it is NOT a care/carer role, and prior applicants need not re-apply.Responsibilities

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

3 Partners, 2 long-term locum GP''s, Practice Manager, Assistant PM, ACP, NP, PN, HCA, GPA, Administrator and 6 non-clinical care navigators, with a further 2 to shortly join us. We have just under 6000 patients. We aim to give the best care and service possible to our patients. Staff opinion and suggestions are part of regular interactions and meetings and we take on board work/life balance to make everyone’s working day as pleasant as possible. We are a training practice, currently giving educational encouragement to an ST1, and involved with student placements in medicine and pharmaceutical.Details

Date posted: 06 August 2025Pay scheme: Other; Salary depends on experience; also subject to a 6 month probationary period.Contract: PermanentWorking pattern: Full-time, Part-timeReference number: A1800-25-0007Job locations: Ravensworth Surgery - Horsley Hill Road, South Shields, Tyne And Wear NE33 3ET; The Medical Centre - Wear Street, Jarrow, Tyne And Wear NE32 3JNJob Description / Responsibilities

As a new role with a mixed skill set, there is an opportunity to gain an educational certificate in GPA work; please see the attached job spec. Interviews will be undertaken by two partners, a 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 the bottom of the attached job spec.Compliance

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975; a Disclosure to the DBS may be required to check for previous convictions. Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK will be considered. For information see the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants may be required to present a criminal record certificate from each country where they have resided for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance is available on overseas criminal records checks.

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