Job summary
A vacancy has arisen within our Practice Nursing Team for a Health Care Assistant. This is an interesting, varied and important role within our Practice and will include working at both our town centre Practice and our branch site in Norton Fitzwarren.
We can offer up to full time hours and will consider job-share.
Main duties of the job
This role
includes undertaking a range of treatment room duties which include
venepuncture, ECG tests, urine testing, blood pressure monitoring,
simple dressings, suture removal etc. You will also be involved in the daily
monitoring of systems and processes to support infection control, patient
safety and regulatory requirements alongside other members of the nursing team.
We can provide some specific training, but we are
looking for someone with some relevant experience.
Good team fit
is essential to us. You will need to be personable, friendly, positive and have
can do nature.
About us
We have a
highly experienced GP team. We are a GP
Training Practice (we have just been assessed as excellent for this and we
usually have a F2 doctor from the hospital for 4 months at a time on rotation.
We also have student doctors in the practice. Our Practice Nursing Team
includes mentors, so we do take nursing students on placement.
We have a
strong Practice Nurse Team providing a full suite of chronic disease management
care and the usual treatment room functions, plus vaccinations etc.
We try to make
the best use of clinical IT and have a specialist team handling issues such as
clinical coding, data quality, templates, protocols, screen pop-ups, searches,
audits, recalls. Examples of recent
successes have been the reduction in workflow items being sent to clinicians,
including the diversion of prescription related items to our prescribing desk
function.
We are all
supported by our Patient Services Team (used to be called Receptionists) who
handle thousands of contacts per week.
The Practice is
part of the Taunton Central Primary Care Network.
Job description
Job responsibilities
B. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder will undertake some or all
duties from a specific list which the practice deems as warranting the grading
of this post
Clinical
Taking of blood (venepuncture)
Undertaking of ECG tests
Urine testing
Blood pressure monitoring
Glucose tolerance tests
Glucometer readings
Spirometry
Any other clinical tasks as may reasonably be
required
(Important the postholder is only required to
undertake tests and procedures. Any
interpretation of clinical outcomes is the responsibility of nurses or GPs)
Clerical
Sending Specimens to the hospital laboratory
Use of computer for recording and obtaining
information
Completion of forms
Restocking of trolleys, leaflets racks and
sharps boxes
Maintenance records of clinical equipment
Ordering of supplies and equipment
Other clerical duties as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
B. MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The post holder will undertake some or all
duties from a specific list which the practice deems as warranting the grading
of this post
Clinical
Taking of blood (venepuncture)
Undertaking of ECG tests
Urine testing
Blood pressure monitoring
Glucose tolerance tests
Glucometer readings
Spirometry
Any other clinical tasks as may reasonably be
required
(Important the postholder is only required to
undertake tests and procedures. Any
interpretation of clinical outcomes is the responsibility of nurses or GPs)
Clerical
Sending Specimens to the hospital laboratory
Use of computer for recording and obtaining
information
Completion of forms
Restocking of trolleys, leaflets racks and
sharps boxes
Maintenance records of clinical equipment
Ordering of supplies and equipment
Other clerical duties as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Attainment of 4 or more GCSE pass grades
- Good vocabulary
- Team Player Must have worked in a team situation. 100% commitment to engaging and supporting fellow team members.
- IT literate knowledge of working in a Windows environment and with clinical databases.
Desirable
- GCSE (or equivalent) Maths & English
- Existing knowledge of medical terminology
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team environment, ideally in a medical setting. Experienced in phlebotomy.
- Familiar with EMIS Web clinical system
- Previous experience of venepuncture
Experience
Essential
- Good keyboard skills
- Accurate and methodical able to work to strict guidelines and protocols.
- Good organisational skills and able to keep to work timetables.
- Excellent communication skills articulate and clear (face to face and over the telephone)
- Highly motivated and able to work unsupervised.
- Flexible able to cover for colleagues, sometimes at very short notice.
- Self- reliant, helpful, friendly put patients at ease, caring and good sense of humour.
- Responsive and adaptable to change.
- Likely to stay in post for a minimum of 3 years
Desirable
- Familiar the protection and security of personal data requirements
- Previous experience of working one to one with client / patient / customer
- Experience of managing a caseload for a clinic
- Lives within 8 miles of the surgery
- Outgoing disposition
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Attainment of 4 or more GCSE pass grades
- Good vocabulary
- Team Player Must have worked in a team situation. 100% commitment to engaging and supporting fellow team members.
- IT literate knowledge of working in a Windows environment and with clinical databases.
Desirable
- GCSE (or equivalent) Maths & English
- Existing knowledge of medical terminology
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team environment, ideally in a medical setting. Experienced in phlebotomy.
- Familiar with EMIS Web clinical system
- Previous experience of venepuncture
Experience
Essential
- Good keyboard skills
- Accurate and methodical able to work to strict guidelines and protocols.
- Good organisational skills and able to keep to work timetables.
- Excellent communication skills articulate and clear (face to face and over the telephone)
- Highly motivated and able to work unsupervised.
- Flexible able to cover for colleagues, sometimes at very short notice.
- Self- reliant, helpful, friendly put patients at ease, caring and good sense of humour.
- Responsive and adaptable to change.
- Likely to stay in post for a minimum of 3 years
Desirable
- Familiar the protection and security of personal data requirements
- Previous experience of working one to one with client / patient / customer
- Experience of managing a caseload for a clinic
- Lives within 8 miles of the surgery
- Outgoing disposition
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.