Job responsibilities
RESPONSIBLE
TO: Nurse Manager
MAIN PURPOSE
To assist
medical personnel in the care of practice patients to include treatment,
preventative care, screening and patient education. Stock control, infection control, update and
amend protocols in line with Nurse Manager.
Any other duty advised to ensure the smooth running of the practice.
As part of
the nursing team the HCA will be employed to undertake nursing and
administrative duties deemed suitable by the partners.
To maintain
a safe and effective level of practice and to bring any deficits in training to
the attention of the nurse manager so these can be addressed.
They will be
required to act in a professional manner at all times and adhere to practice
protocols and guidelines
PRINCIPAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
BP MONITORING INC ANNUAL
HYPERTENSIVE REVIEWS
URINALYSIS
PHLEBOTOMY
RECORD HT/WEIGHT/SMOKING
STATUS/ETHNICITY
ASSIST WITH CHILDHOOD
IMMUNISATIONS IN BABY CLINIC
RECEIVING AND HANDLING OF
SPECIMENS
ENSURE CLINICAL WASTE RUNS
SMOOTHLY
ENSURE SHARPS BINS ARE READY FOR
COLLECTION
SETTING UP AND ASSISTING WITH
MINOR OPS/COILS/IMPLANTS
RESTOCKING/MAINTENANCE OF
EQUIPMENT
RESTOCKING OF CLINICAL AREAS
ORDERING AND MONITORING OF STOCK
ECG
24 HR BP MONITOR
ADMINISTER B12 INJECTIONS
FOLLOWING APPROPRIATE TRAINING ONLY
ADMINISTER FLU/PNEUMONIA VACCS
AFTER TRAINING
CHAPERONING AS REQUIRED
IHD/DIABETIC ANNUAL REVIEWS
WOUND CARE
Confidentiality:
- In
the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to
gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other
matters. They do so in confidence
and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act
appropriately
- In
the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the
post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to
patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare
workers. They may also have access
to information relating to the practice as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential
- Information
relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the
business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in
accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to
confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data
Health & safety:
The post-holder will implement and be
responsibly for the full range of promotion and management of their own and
others health, safety and security as defined in the practice health &
safety policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice
infection control policy and published procedures. This will include (but will
not be limited to):
- Ensuring
job holders across the practice adhere to their individual
responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a
system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification,
questioning, reporting and risk management.
- Maintaining
an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control
(statutory and best practice guidelines) and ensure implementation across
the business
- Using
personal security systems within the workplace, according to practice
guidelines
- Identifying
the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a
way that manages those risks across the business
- Making
effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and
manage the training of others
- Using
appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy
and safe way and free from hazards, and initiating remedial / corrective
action where needed
- Actively
identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and
infection hazards immediately when recognised
- Keeping
own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, identifying
issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the
business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general
standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where
appropriate) with other sector managers
- Undertaking
periodic infection control training (minimum annually)
- Routine
management of own team / team areas, and maintenance of work space
standards
- Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the
welfare of children.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and
rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
- Acting
in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting
them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies,
and current legislation
- Respecting
the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
- Behaving
in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental
and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
Personal/professional development:
The post-holder will participate in any training programme
implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to
include:
- Participation
in an annual individual performance review, including taking
responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or
professional development
- Taking
responsibility for own development, learning and performance and
demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar
work
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the
practice, and will:
- Alert
other team members to issues of quality and risk
- Assess
own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly
or under supervision
- Contribute
to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities
and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
- Work
effectively with individuals both within the practice and in other
agencies to meet patients needs
- Effectively
manage own time, workload and resources
- Take
responsibility for health and safety and infection control audits.
Communication:
The
post-holder should recognize the importance of effective communication within
the team and will strive to:
- Communicate
effectively with other team members
- Communicate
effectively with patients and carers
- Recognise
peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond
accordingly
Contribution to the implementation of
services:
The post-holder will:
- Apply
practice policies, standards and guidance
- Discuss
with other team members how policies, standards and guidelines will affect
own work
- Participate
in audit where appropriate
The above list of duties is not exhaustive and may
be subject to change as deemed necessary.