Job summary
Under the supervision of the lead practice nurse, the post holder will complement and form a key part of the multi-disciplinary healthcare services, providing high standards of individualised care for patients and supporting the operational requirements of delivering healthcare in primary care to support the delivery of holistic care packages within the practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake delegated duties covering the patient journey within the GP practice. This includes new patient health checks screening, undertaking appropriate physical health observations, undertaking clinics such as Phlebotomy clinics, ECG Clinics, spirometry and NHS health checks, sexual health, Influenza, Pneumonia and B12 injections and wound care.
The post holder will also be expected to undertake chaperoning duties and support the processing and management of laboratory samples. The post holder will have the skills to support patients showing low level mental ill health by providing support in accordance with agreed care plans. The post holder will be expected to operate in line with our shared commitment to our values: Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.
About us
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We're looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!
- Access to NHS Pension
- Time for you day (additional day off)
- Welcome payment for some posts
- Refer a friend scheme
- Training and Development opportunities
- Flexible Working
- Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
- Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not-for-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people - our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Details
- Date posted: 20 July 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 3
- Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 847-RM-26-V931
- Job locations: Tieve Tara Medical Centre, Tieve Tara Medical Centre, Park Dale, Castleford, WF10 2QP, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For more information on the job role please see the job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills
- The ability to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining effective working relationships and mitigating conflict.
- The ability to complete tasks under delegated responsibility and ability to escalate concerns to senior clinical staff as appropriate
- Promote and support patients to manage own mental and physical needs
- Able to maintain contemporaneous clinical records following clinical activities.
- Keyboard skills - computer literate with a working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Desirable
- Good patient assessment skills - knowledge of signs and symptoms of a range of effects on individualsmental and physical disorders and its
- Extended scope of practice e.g., Phlebotomy, ECG etc
- Experience in simple wound care management
- Experience in monitoring and support with the management of long-term conditions
Education
Essential
- NVQ level 3 in Health and Social care or equivalent clinical experience
- OR NHS Care Certificate or relevant clinical experience.
- OR Student studying final year of the Registered Nursing Degree.
Knowledge
Essential
- Demonstration of experience of working with people with complex health needs, in a health or social care setting.
- Knowledge of nursing standards gained through qualification or equivalent experience.
- Experience of nursing practice and clinical procedures.
- Understanding and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of working within a prison or secured environment setting
- Experience of work in a multidisciplinary team setting
- Experience in responding to emergency situations
- Experience in using SystmOne
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This advert is for Healthcare Support Worker - Tieve Tara with Spectrum Community Health CIC in Everthorpe, North East and Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 to £27,476 a year. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Aug 2026.
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