Doctor's Assistant

NHS; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000

Job description

We are seeking a dedicated Doctor's Assistant to join our esteemed faculty within the Trust, becoming an integral part of our multidisciplinary clinical team. You will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of high-quality patient care within our hospital facilities, located across Wakefield, Dewsbury, and Pontefract. Working under the guidance of supervising consultants, you will collaborate closely with trainee clinical colleagues, providing essential support to junior doctors in delivering exceptional patient services.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the post are:

Clinical

• To support the junior doctors, Physician Associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners with clinical and administrative duties.
• To perform diagnostic/therapeutic procedures (subject to appropriate training and experience). These include, but are not exhaustively limited to:
• Venepuncture
• Cannulation
• ECG
• To attend consultant and/or specialty registrar ward rounds.
• To support and contribute to timely discharge planning including completing discharge summaries.
• Telephoning external organisations (e.g. GP surgeries) and patients' families to seek further information.
• Arrange clinic appointments for patients following their discharge from hospital.
• To work within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of acute medical care to patients on a day-to-day basis.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients' homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join our team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance

We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It's important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Clinical

• To support the junior doctors, Physician Associates and Advanced Nurse Practitioners with clinical and administrative duties.
• To perform diagnostic/therapeutic procedures (subject to appropriate training and experience). These include, but are not exhaustively limited to:
• Venepuncture
• Cannulation
• ECG
• To attend consultant and/or specialty registrar ward rounds.
• To support and contribute to timely discharge planning including completing discharge summaries.
• Telephoning external organisations (e.g. GP surgeries) and patients' families to seek further information.
• Arrange clinic appointments for patients following their discharge from hospital.
• To work within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective team working in the provision of acute medical care to patients on a day-to-day basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Healthcare related field or equivalent.
• Band 2 experience or equivalent.
• GCSE A-C in English and Math's or equivalent.
• Qualified in Phlebotomy.

Skills and abilities

• Evidence of competence in a range of clinical skills and diagnostic interventions such as phlebotomy, cannulation and ECG recording.
• Possess good organisational skills.

Knowledge and Awareness

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to use medical equipment.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; IT literate.
• Ability to perform cannulation and venepuncture.

Experience

• An awareness of basic principles of infection control.
• Experience of using PPM+, System 1, and ICE.
• Experience of working in a clinical environment.

Personal Attributes

• Assertive and confident.
• Personal and professional maturity.
• Recognition of own limitations.
• Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.