Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Healthcare Assistant Job Description

REPORTS TO: Nurse

HOURS: 36 hours per week

Job summary:

Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, the post-holder will provide assessment, treatment, screening, health education services and advice to patients.

The post-holder will work with reference to practice agreed protocols and guidelines, providing nursing treatments to patients both independently and in participation with nurse colleagues and general practitioners.

The post-holder will have the required level of training and competence and will work within patient specific directions where these are available.

Duties and responsibilities:

Management of chronic disease

• Identifying significant abnormalities

Therapeutic monitoring

• Checking compliance with and adherence to appropriate treatments using an holistic patient-centred approach
• Recognising abnormalities

Wound Care and management

• Assessing routine wounds including trauma

Patient health checks

• Identifying significant abnormalities
• Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues
• Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified

Risk assessment

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems)

Health screening

• Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people)
• Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate
• Providing in-depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.

Treatment Room Duties

• Venepuncture
• Simple dressings
• ECG

Minor operations

• Assisting the general practitioner and/or undertaking some simple procedures

Ear care

• Providing routine ear care if trained

Carer Identification

• Being proactive in the identification of Carers

Mental health

• Communicating with key workers

Contribution to the implementation of services

The post holder will

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work
• Participate in audit where appropriate.
• Contribute to extended access rotas as required

Special requirements for the post:

An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality

• An ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge, to respond to patients enquiries and requests while adhering to practice limitations
• An understanding and acceptance of ones capabilities and awareness of own limitations
• Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
• Basic keyboard and computer skills
• Valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge and understanding of current national developments and trends in health care, quality assurance and practice development.
• Clinical skills as part of Healthcare Assistant duties.

Experience

Essential

• A demonstrable commitment to professional development.
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines.
• Working in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Multi-skilled approach to Chronic Disease Management.

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary Care

Qualifications

Essential

• Experience in phlebotomy.

Desirable

• Experience in Primary Care

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

Compass House Medical Centres

Address

Compass House Medical Centres

King Street

Brixham

Devon

TQ5 9TF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.compasshousemedical.com/ (Opens in a new tab)