Job summary
St Austell
Healthcare are seeking a Healthcare Assistant to work alongside our highly
skilled multi-disciplinary team that includes Practice Nurses, Advanced Nurse
Practitioners, Urgent Care Nurses, Paramedic/Urgent care Practitioners,
Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists and Mental Health Nurses. We are a
busy practice that provides a service to approximately 38, 000 patients.
You will have
good communication skills, demonstrating empathy and compassion whilst ensuring
privacy, dignity and confidentiality at all times, be able to work under
pressure, and work within a large team.
The role will
offer you great variety including assisting in ophthalmology clinics,
haematology clinics, and contraception clinics.
Training to NVQ
level 2 / 3 desirable, as is previous experience in venepuncture, wound care,
blood pressure and ECGs.
Main duties of the job
Be part of the primary
healthcare team providing high quality and forward thinking nursing care in
order to meet the holistic healthcare needs of the practice population. The post holder will provide clinical care as
directed by the Lead Nurses. Working under the supervision of the Lead Nurses, responsibilities will vary, involving the
implementation of clinical care packages, phlebotomy and assessment, treatment
and the evaluation of patients care.
Overview of responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain communication
with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate
to them and the situation.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety
and security of self and others.
- Contribute to the improvement of
services.
- Maintain quality in own work and
encourage others to do the same.
- Support equality and value diversity,
identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and
diversity.
- Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and
well-being.
- Recognise
and report situations where there might be a need for protection
About us
There will be a
requirement to move between sites. Hours
to be arranged between 8.00 and and 8.00 pm Monday to Friday, with rota participation on a Saturday from 9am to 5pm .
Advantages
include:
-
6 weeks annual plus bank holidays per year (pro
rata)
-
NHS pension scheme membership
-
Salary sacrifice electric car and bike schemes
-
Free staff
wellbeing support
-
Free staff events
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities:
Clinical Skills
- Undertake record and
follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate
training.
- Venepuncture.
- Urinalysis
and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology
laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:-
- blood pressure
- pulse rate and rhythm
- temperature
- height and weight
- body mass index
- peak flow
- ECGs
- Blood
glucose monitoring
- Prepare
and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical
treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Give
accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own
competence.
- Support
clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan,
develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health
and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide
support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as
appropriate.
- Act as a chaperone, when
requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken
with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or
computer systems and Read codes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific Responsibilities:
Clinical Skills
- Undertake record and
follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate
training.
- Venepuncture.
- Urinalysis
and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology
laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:-
- blood pressure
- pulse rate and rhythm
- temperature
- height and weight
- body mass index
- peak flow
- ECGs
- Blood
glucose monitoring
- Prepare
and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical
treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Give
accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own
competence.
- Support
clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan,
develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health
and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide
support and encouragement to patients to self-manage their conditions as
appropriate.
- Act as a chaperone, when
requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken
with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or
computer systems and Read codes.
Person Specification
Other Skills
Essential
- Practical and intellectual skills:
- Demonstrates self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills.
- Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Standard keyboard skills
- Planning and organisational skills:
- Able to organise own time and workload, and cope with occasional last-minute changes
- Training and education:
- Willingness to undergo education/ training for both practice and service needs.
- Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives.
- Disposition/ personal:
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others.
- Flexibility, commitment and adaptability.
- Demonstrates an ability to value the opinions of others
- Physical effort/ skills:
- Ability to work within manual-handing policy.
- Ability to handle simple medical equipment and undertake phlebotomy (dexterity and manipulation skills)
- Mental and emotional effort:
- Ability to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances or emotional events
- Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour
Qualifications
Essential
- General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above
Desirable
Person Specification
Other Skills
Essential
- Practical and intellectual skills:
- Demonstrates self-awareness, i.e. strengths and weaknesses, personal qualities and skills.
- Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding.
- Standard keyboard skills
- Planning and organisational skills:
- Able to organise own time and workload, and cope with occasional last-minute changes
- Training and education:
- Willingness to undergo education/ training for both practice and service needs.
- Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives.
- Disposition/ personal:
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others.
- Flexibility, commitment and adaptability.
- Demonstrates an ability to value the opinions of others
- Physical effort/ skills:
- Ability to work within manual-handing policy.
- Ability to handle simple medical equipment and undertake phlebotomy (dexterity and manipulation skills)
- Mental and emotional effort:
- Ability to deal with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances or emotional events
- Ability to cope with occasional exposure to aggressive behaviour
Qualifications
Essential
- General education (3 GCSE's) to grade C or above
Desirable
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.
