Vacancy - Health Care Technician

Making a difference every day as a Health Care Technician

This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to build a rewarding career in primary care, with supported training, competency development and opportunities to grow as the role evolves.

We welcome applications from people from all walks of life, whether you already have experience in health or care, are looking for a new direction, or are keen to learn new skills in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

This is a full-time position, working Monday to Friday. In addition, there is a contractual requirement to work on 12 Saturdays per year, with 4 hours worked on each occasion. These additional hours will be paid as overtime.

Job purpose

As a Health Care Technician at Frome Medical Practice, you will support the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality care as part of the multidisciplinary primary health care team. The role will work under the direction of the Lead Health Care Assistant (HCA) and registered clinical staff, undertaking delegated clinical, administrative and population health activities within agreed competency, training and supervision arrangements.

You will contribute to preventative care, long-term condition monitoring, recall activity, clinical data quality, patient support and service improvement, while maintaining accurate records and escalating clinical concerns appropriately.

This is a practical, hands-on role that helps ensure the right information is collected, recorded and available to support safe and timely clinical decisions by the wider healthcare team.

Clinical responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

• Undertaking basic clinical procedures within agreed scope of competence, including blood pressure recording, height, weight, BMI, urine testing, ECG recording and taking blood tests
• Supporting NHS Health Checks, cardiovascular risk assessment and long-term condition recall activity
• Undertaking diabetic foot checks and other delegated monitoring tasks once trained and assessed as competent
• Supporting vaccination and immunisation programme activity, with cold chain checks, clinic preparation and patient flow
• Supporting point of care testing, quality control checks and equipment maintenance/calibration as directed
• Maintaining accurate, objective and timely health care records on the clinical system
• Actively participating in audit, quality improvement projects and service redesign activity
• Maintaining stock levels, clinical room readiness and safe management of clinical equipment when required
• Escalating abnormal findings, safeguarding concerns, clinical risk or patient deterioration promptly to a registered clinician
• Supporting care navigation, signposting, lifestyle advice and health promotion activity within competence
• Using EMIS Web, Ardens and agreed clinical templates to support accurate data capture and safe follow-up
• Contributing to improved access, continuity and patient experience by supporting efficient clinical workflows

Service development and quality responsibilities

• Support the practice to make best use of clinical time, improve patient flow and reduce avoidable duplication.
• Contribute to safe systems and processes for recalls, clinical monitoring, vaccination programmes and long-term condition reviews.
• Report incidents, near misses, equipment faults and clinical risks in line with practice policy.
• Support Infection Prevention and Control standards, including clinical room preparation, cleaning responsibilities and audit activity where required.

Training areas

Foundational qualification

• Requirement: Care Certificate or willingness to complete within 6 months of appointment.
• Expected standard: Essential.

Level 3 qualification

• Requirement: Level 3 Diploma in Health & Social Care, Level 3 Diploma in Clinical Healthcare Support, Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship Level 3, or equivalent recognised qualification. If not already held, willingness to undertake and achieve within an agreed timeframe, normally within 12 months of appointment.    
• Expected standard: Holder or development requirement.

Core mandatory training

• Requirement: Safeguarding Adults, Safeguarding Children, Infection Prevention & Control, Health and Safety, Fire Safety, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, Prevent Awareness, Information Governance and Data Security.
• Expected standard: Required on commencement.

Patient safety

• Requirement: PSIRF Level 1 Patient Safety Training and practice incident reporting processes.
• Expected standard: Required on commencement.

Clinical emergency response

• Requirement: Basic Life Support, AED and recognition/initial response to anaphylaxis.
• Expected standard: Required on commencement.

Clinical system training

• Requirement: EMIS Web, Ardens templates, Docman/workflow processes where relevant, recalls and accurate clinical coding.
• Expected standard: Required on commencement.

Diagnostic/monitoring competencies

• Requirement: Blood pressure, height, weight, BMI, urinalysis, capillary blood glucose, pulse oximetry, peak flow, ECG recording and venipuncture.
• Expected standard: Competency sign-off required.

Long-term condition support

• Requirement: NHS Health Checks, CVD risk assessment, diabetes pathway awareness, diabetic foot checks and recall processes.
• Expected standard: Competency sign-off required.

Specimen and POCT processes

• Requirement: Safe specimen handling, labelling, transport and point-of-care testing quality control where applicable.
• Expected standard: Competency sign-off required.

Vaccination programme support

• Requirement: Cold chain awareness, vaccine clinic preparation and vaccine administration only where appropriate training, authorisation and competency are in place.
• Expected standard: Role-dependent.

IPC and clinical room safety

• Requirement: Cleaning responsibilities, PPE, clinical waste, sharps safety and management of clinical environments.
• Expected standard: Required.

Quality improvement

• Requirement: Audit, service improvement and population health approaches relevant to the role.
• Expected standard: Required / desirable development.

Competency and supervision

• Clinical tasks will be introduced through supervised practice and competency assessment
• The post holder must maintain a personal training and competency portfolio
• Competencies should be reviewed at induction, probation, annual appraisal and whenever there is a change in scope of practice
• Annual reassessment should be completed for key clinical skills and any high-risk or infrequently performed tasks
• The post holder must seek advice from a registered clinician where findings are abnormal, they are unsure, or the patient appears clinically unwell

Benefits

• NHS pension available
• Free parking 
• NHS & local discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• In-house training
• Employee events
• Free eye test vouchers

Person specification: Health Care Technician

Applications

Closing date for applications: 13 September 2026

Interview date: 22 September 2026

Apply online using our form