Health Care Assistant - Urgent Emergency Care Capacity Hub

Job summary

About the Services

The service provides essential additional capacity to the Urgent, on the day services offered across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Currently there are daily presentations at A&E departments, across all the acute providers, that could be dealt with by clinicians in the community. The role of this team is to provide that urgent on the day service that reduces pressures on A&E and the ambulance services and keeps patients out of hospital and safe in the community. Ultimately this service will be offered out of 3 locations across the county to make it accessible to all.

This service is 8am 8pm 7 days per week, shifts negotiated but will be 12 hour shifts and will include one weekend per month

Main duties of the job

Main duties to include:

Phlebotomy/Venepuncture

BP monitoring, temperature and pulse recording, urine testing,

ECG recording

Removal of stitches

Simple dressings

Visual Acuity

Eye irrigation

Pregnancy Testing

Peak Flows

Ring removals

Swabs, including wound and MRSA

Blood glucose/ketones monitoring

Fridge checks

Assisting with the ordering of pathology supplies

Processing laboratory samples as requested by GP

Maintaining and stocking pathology supplies in consulting rooms

Maintaining and tidying other areas as identified.

Chaperoning duties as required

Any other duties as advised by your line manager

Other duties

Undertake specific clinical activities for a named patient that have been delegated and taught specifically in relation to that individual.

Participate in audit(s)

Maintain accurate records and use of computer templates.

Reporting anomalies to senior member of staff and notifying GP/Nurse of any significant patient issues.

Salary:Hourly rate plus weekend enhancement

About us

About Granta Medical Practices

We are pioneers in gaining the advantages of scale whilst maintaining the best of site based work in smaller teams. Our PCN was formed following the partnership-merger of several highly respected practices into a single practice. We aim to look after our population like traditional general practice but with the resources of a fully integrated PCN consistently behind you. Our multidisciplinary cross site team helps guide the right issue to the right professional first time enabling GPs to enjoy being GPs. We are just the right size and are committed to shaping and delivering excellence in primary care for our 57,000 patients whilst being sustainable and rewarding for our fantastic team.