Healthcare Assistant
Advertised by Leaders in Care
- Location
- Redditch
- Salary
- £15 an hour Minimum 3 shifts per week | Evenings & weekends | Potential to extend
- Job type
- Contract
- Sector
- Medical/Pharmaceutical/Scientific
- Posted
- 23 October 2026
Job description
Want regular HCA shifts without committing to a permanent role? Bring your phlebotomy and ECG skills to an established, GP-led urgent-care service.Leaders in Care is recruiting a Healthcare Assistant (HCA) to support patients redirected from A&E into an urgent primary-care pathway.
Working across Redditch and Worcester, you’ll join GPs and experienced clinical colleagues, with regular work over an initial six-month period. You’ll need to commit to at least three shifts per week, with flexibility around the days you can offer within the available shift patterns.
Why this role?
- £15 per hour
- Regular, ongoing temporary work over six months, with potential to extend
- A choice of available evening and weekend shifts
- Varied clinical work using your phlebotomy, ECG and patient-observation skills
- An established service with experienced clinical colleagues
- Dedicated support from Georgia at Leaders in Care throughout registration, compliance and placement
Available shifts
- Monday–Friday: 3.30pm–10pm
- Saturday–Sunday: 9.30am–4pm or 3.30pm–10pm
You must be available for a minimum of three shifts each week.
What you’ll do
Working within your competencies and HCA scope of practice, you’ll:
- Carry out phlebotomy and venepuncture
- Complete ECG recordings
- Take and accurately document full clinical observations
- Use NEWS2, recognise deterioration and escalate concerns promptly
- Provide basic wound care where appropriate
- Maintain clear electronic patient records
- Follow infection prevention and safeguarding procedures
This is a busy, patient-facing service where calm communication, sound judgement and knowing when to seek clinical support are essential.
What you’ll need
- Must have experience using EMIS.
- Recent HCA experience in general practice, a PCN, urgent care, community services or a comparable clinical setting
- Recent, formally signed-off phlebotomy/venepuncture competency
- Recent practical competency in ECG recording
- Experience taking clinical observations and providing basic wound care
- A sound understanding of NEWS2, deterioration and escalation
- Confidence using electronic patient records
- Availability for three or more shifts per week across Redditch and Worcester
EMIS experience is highly desirable. Suture removal, Steri-Strip application, Care Certificate completion and additional primary-care competencies are welcomed but not essential.
Interested? Speak to Georgia.
Apply with your CV, email (url removed) or call (phone number removed).
Tell us about your clinical experience and availability, and we’ll talk you through the role and next steps.
Refer a friend: Know an HCA with phlebotomy and ECG experience? You could receive a £500 referral bonus following a successful placement. Contact Georgia for details.
Reference 225759621
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