Health Care Assitant

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Full job description

Job Title: HCA/phlebotomist

The role is varied and includes phone consulting, face to face appointments, conducting ECG and investigations and liaising with the clinicians including the doctors, nurses, and practice pharmacist.

The candidate must flexible to learn skill required for General practice. Part of the role will be to support the practice nursing team for conducting NHS health checks, smoking cessation, etc.

The role is part time covering maternity leave. The candidate would be fully supported by the practice and clinical team. The role is eligible for the NHS Pension scheme.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake new patient health checks
• Support the practice nurse with health promotion programmes
• Carry out baseline observations such as pulse oximetry, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, recording findings accurately
• Facilitate routine and 24-hour BP monitoring, advising patients accordingly
• Dressings and other clinical tasks as required
• Support the practice nurse with the management of chronic disease clinics
• Carry out BMI checks as directed
• Act as a chaperone as required
• Administer flu vaccinations
• Ensure specimens are recorded and ready for onward transportation
• Ensure all clinical rooms are adequately stocked and prepared for each session
• Ensure fridges are cleaned routinely in accordance with extant guidance
• Ensure clinical waste is removed from clinical areas and sharps bins replaced in accordance with the practice IPC policy
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

• 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 assist in promoting and maintaining 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:

  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

  Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

  Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

  Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

  Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role

  Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

  Reporting potential risks identified

  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 recognizes 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 which 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 in other agencies to meet patients needs

  Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

  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

  Recognize peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

  This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is expected that you will participate in a wide range of activities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified in Phlebotomy
• Level 2/3 in Health and Social 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

The Wand Medical Centre

Address

15 Frank Street

Birmingham

B12 0UF

Employer's website

https://www.thewandmedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)