Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Summary

To be a member of the practice-based nursing team helping to improve the quality and range of nursing services available to primary care based on the health needs of the local population.

Objectives:

Improved access to primary care for the practice population

Service development within the practice

Professional development of the health care assistant and the mentoring nurse

Summary of Role:

Assisting the nursing staff and other health care professionals in the delivery of the highest standard of patient care ensuring that this is sensitive to the needs of the patient. Manage your own clinics, delivering long term condition checks, blood tests etc both in practice and, where required, in the patients homes.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide phlebotomy service for the practice population

Undertake routine diagnostic nursing tasks such as ECGs, BP checks, Blood Glucose monitoring, routine heights, weights, and urinalysis

Complete health assessments on newly registered patients where required documenting histories

Use patient contacts as opportunities to promote health education including education on practice systems such as obtaining a blood result

Undertake NHS Health Checks using the opportunity to promote health and well being

Complete long term condition monitoring with appropriate training

Participate in campaigns, administer vaccinations under patient specific directions

Accept delegation from other nurses, prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management

Record and document all patient contacts

Clinical Responsibilities:

Ensure that your clinical room is always kept clean and tidy, and that relevant equipment is ready for use during clinic sessions

Ensure that the daily vaccine fridge temperatures are correct and that vaccines are within their expiry dates and used in correct sequence

Order stock as directed ensuring that adequate levels of stock are available in surgery. Maintain the cold chain when vaccines are delivered

Maintain clinical equipment reporting any defects to the Practice Manager

The job description is not intended to be a fully comprehensive description of the duties of the post holder and may develop over time. Therefore, these duties will be subject to regular review and may be amended from time to time in consultation with the post holder

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Healthcare qualification or equivalent level
• Phlebotomy certification
• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals including height, weight, BP, pulse
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of patient record management systems: EMIS
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources

Desirable

• 6 months relevant experience working in a primary care environment in the last 2 years
• Immunisation (flu, B12, Pneumonia)
• ECGs
• Chaperone procedure

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Haslingden Healthcare

Address

Haslingden Health Centre

27 Manchester Road

Haslingden

Rossendale

Lancashire

BB4 5SL

Employer's website

http://www.haslingdenmedicalgrouppractice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)