HCA GP Practice
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This Healthcare Assistant role at The Village Surgery involves working under the supervision of practice nurses and GPs to deliver patient care. Duties include performing routine tasks such as new patient medicals, annual reviews, ECGs, venepuncture, and immunisations. The HCA will also assist with health and well-being assessments, data collection, and maintaining clinical environments. The role is part-time and permanent, based in Timperley.
Essential criteria
- Experience as a HCA in GP practice desirable
- Working in primary care desirable
- Able to perform all duties in the job description is essential and previous role in GP practice essential
- Experience as a HCA in GP practice desirable
- Working in primary care desirable
Desirable criteria
- Able to perform all duties in the job description is essential and previous role in GP practice essential
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
Posted 13d ago · Closes in 32d
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The Village Surgery
HCA GP Practice
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
Working under the direct supervision of the practice
nurses and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and
protocols, the healthcare assistant will assist the practice clinical team in
the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.
Main duties of the job
Duties and responsibilities:
To assist in and perform routine tasks related
to patient care, as directed by senior nursing staff and GPs. Duties to
include;
New
patient medicals
Annual
reviews
Urinalysis
ECGs
Peak
flow readings
24
hr BP
Venepuncture
Blood
pressure measurements
Routine
immunisations, B12, Influenza, Pneumo, Shingles
Spirometry
Diabetic
Foot checks
Chaperoning
and assisting patients where appropriate who are being examined by another
clinician
Requesting
basic pathology tests, for example urine culture, swabs
Following
agreed clinical protocols with referral to senior nurses or GPs as appropriate
Smoking Cessation
Processing and management of laboratory
samples requested by GPs/nurses
Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring
and recording
Surgical equipment and vaccine
re-stocking and stock rotation
Clearing and re-stocking consulting
rooms
Preparing and maintaining environments
and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions.
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