Job summary
We are a friendly GP surgery looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Temporary/Locum Health Care Assistant who is able to cover maternity leave and training absences at our Practice. We have a very supportive, flexible, forward thinking nursing and HCA team and pride ourselves on strong team working.
We require someone to work a minimum of 20 hours over 3 days per week but also welcome applicants looking for full time hours.
The duration of the temporary cover is noted as 6 months but this can be reduced or extended by mutual agreement and can be discussed in the interview.
Full or part time hours to be negotiated.
Main duties of the job
Only experienced Health Care Assistants at Band 3/4, currently working in General Practice or a similar Healthcare setting should apply.
The applicant must be available to start immediately.
As an experienced Health Care Assistant, you should be experienced and proficient in:
* B12 Injections
* Shingles, Pneumonia and Flu vaccinations
* Provide ongoing wound care, including leg ulcers, surgical wounds, suture and clip removal
* The collection of specimens and labelling
* Assisting in the provision of phlebotomy services
* The management of laboratory samples for the Practice
* Undertaking well person checks
* Urinalysis
* ECG recording
* Chaperoning patients
* Cleaning and sterilising instruments and equipment
* Maintenance of equipment, including keeping records of when external checks are due, e.g. calibration
* The daily recording of refrigerator temperatures
* Ordering of stock and re-stocking clinical rooms
About us
Located in purpose built medical centre in Arnold, Nottingham.
Established Clinical team comprising of two GP Partners, one Nurse Partner, four Salaried GPs, additional GP Registrars/F2s, three Practice Nurses, one Nurse Associate, one trainee Nurse Associate and two Health Care Assistants. This will be in addition to one Senior Practice Pharmacist, one Pharmacy Technician, one First Contact Physiotherapist and one Mental Health Practitioner as part of the PCN.
List size of 11,500 patients.
Clinical system SystmOne.
We use Ardens template toolkit which provides structure and standardisation for clinical consultations.
Remote consultations offered where appropriate using eConsult and ACCURX.
We are a training Practice for GPs and Medical Students, and work hard to ensure that our Nurses can take full advantage of training and development pathways. We value the contribution that our Nursing and Health Care Assistant team makes, and, in turn, we offer excellent support and opportunities for personal development.
We welcome informal visits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Documenting
patient consultations in the clinical system
* Maintaining appropriate records to ensure continuity and quality of care
for patients
* Involvement in Practice development, identifying service changes
and in line
with clinical needs locally
* Maintaining records of appointments, financial transactions and
other administrative duties
* Maintaining skills at the current level
and undertaking such training and development as required to maintain personal
competence
* Participation in all
activities required by CQC registration
* To act in such a manner as to support patients at all times and be mindful of the need to reduce anxiety for patients
* To provide, a phlebotomy (blood
sampling) service for patients
* Be responsible for processing and management of laboratory samples requested by clinicians with specific responsibility to
ensure that the samples are correctly labelled, sent to the laboratory promptly and that data
is entered onto
the patient's notes
* Be responsible for the correct maintenance and cleaning of equipment
* Be responsible for restocking of all clinical areas and maintaining a stock rotation system
* To maintain an adequate amount of clinical supplies and health
promotion materials as agreed with the clinical team
* To obtain,
process and/or use information in line with
the GDPR requirements
* Ensure that
drug/vaccine refrigerators are
at the correct temperature on a daily basis and maintain the Vaccine Cold Chain documented record according to Practice Guidelines
* To
maintain health information notice board in line with
national/local health promotion campaigns
* To attend
relevant meetings as required
* To immediately
report any safeguarding or compliance concerns
* To review
patients regarding:
- Complex wounds
- Ear syringing
- ABPI
- Pre-diabetes checks
- Diabetic foot checks
- Cytology paperwork to include Open Exeter, recalls
and fail safe
- Stick rotation
- HMBP
- Cardio loop monitor
- CHD obs (height/weight/blood pressure) and liaison
with a clinician if any concerns
- Hypertension obs (height/weight/blood pressure) and
liaison with a clinician if any concerns
- Rheumatogy obs (height/weight/blood pressure) and
liaison with a clinician if any concerns
- Nephrostomy change
* To act as a
chaperone as requested by clinicians
* To function as an integral part of the Highcroft Surgery
team
* To participate in the induction programme of new staff
joining Highcroft
Surgery
* Participate in developing the
philosophy, goals and
objectives for health
care provided by Highcroft Surgery
* Participate in patient audits
* Ensure that patients rights
are protected
* To have knowledge of and act at all
times within the boundaries of Health and Safety legislation, Data Protection Acts and Care Quality Commission compliance requirements
* Provide information for a DBS check,
and inform the Practice of any incident
that may change the DBS status
* Be responsible
for your own Health & Safety
* Work within your
personal competence
* Promote and participate in a high standard of care within Highcroft Surgery
* Participate in taking care of your own Health
& Safety. Ensure
that you do not do anything to compromise the health and safety of either your colleagues or yourself
* Give agreed
notice of periods
of absence and leave
* Attend Practice meetings as required
Job description
Job responsibilities
* Documenting
patient consultations in the clinical system
* Maintaining appropriate records to ensure continuity and quality of care
for patients
* Involvement in Practice development, identifying service changes
and in line
with clinical needs locally
* Maintaining records of appointments, financial transactions and
other administrative duties
* Maintaining skills at the current level
and undertaking such training and development as required to maintain personal
competence
* Participation in all
activities required by CQC registration
* To act in such a manner as to support patients at all times and be mindful of the need to reduce anxiety for patients
* To provide, a phlebotomy (blood
sampling) service for patients
* Be responsible for processing and management of laboratory samples requested by clinicians with specific responsibility to
ensure that the samples are correctly labelled, sent to the laboratory promptly and that data
is entered onto
the patient's notes
* Be responsible for the correct maintenance and cleaning of equipment
* Be responsible for restocking of all clinical areas and maintaining a stock rotation system
* To maintain an adequate amount of clinical supplies and health
promotion materials as agreed with the clinical team
* To obtain,
process and/or use information in line with
the GDPR requirements
* Ensure that
drug/vaccine refrigerators are
at the correct temperature on a daily basis and maintain the Vaccine Cold Chain documented record according to Practice Guidelines
* To
maintain health information notice board in line with
national/local health promotion campaigns
* To attend
relevant meetings as required
* To immediately
report any safeguarding or compliance concerns
* To review
patients regarding:
- Complex wounds
- Ear syringing
- ABPI
- Pre-diabetes checks
- Diabetic foot checks
- Cytology paperwork to include Open Exeter, recalls
and fail safe
- Stick rotation
- HMBP
- Cardio loop monitor
- CHD obs (height/weight/blood pressure) and liaison
with a clinician if any concerns
- Hypertension obs (height/weight/blood pressure) and
liaison with a clinician if any concerns
- Rheumatogy obs (height/weight/blood pressure) and
liaison with a clinician if any concerns
- Nephrostomy change
* To act as a
chaperone as requested by clinicians
* To function as an integral part of the Highcroft Surgery
team
* To participate in the induction programme of new staff
joining Highcroft
Surgery
* Participate in developing the
philosophy, goals and
objectives for health
care provided by Highcroft Surgery
* Participate in patient audits
* Ensure that patients rights
are protected
* To have knowledge of and act at all
times within the boundaries of Health and Safety legislation, Data Protection Acts and Care Quality Commission compliance requirements
* Provide information for a DBS check,
and inform the Practice of any incident
that may change the DBS status
* Be responsible
for your own Health & Safety
* Work within your
personal competence
* Promote and participate in a high standard of care within Highcroft Surgery
* Participate in taking care of your own Health
& Safety. Ensure
that you do not do anything to compromise the health and safety of either your colleagues or yourself
* Give agreed
notice of periods
of absence and leave
* Attend Practice meetings as required
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must have Health Care Assistant experience
- Must have undertaken a range of Health Care Assistant duties such as taking blood, performing ECG testing and taking observations
- Good understanding of spoken and written English
- Desire to develop skills and qualifications under continuous professional development
- Work within teams
- Flexible approach and ability to demonstrate empathy
- Maintain accurate records
- Be organised and able to prioritise tasks
- Basic IT skills (MS Office, Internet)
- Able to take instruction and follow requests made
- Willingness to learn
- Desire to help, assist and improve the lives of patients
Desirable
- Good standard of general education including Maths and English at Grade C and above (or equivalent)
- Health and social Care qualification such as Care Certificate or NVQ level 2 or 3
- Previous experience in a patient facing role
- General Practice experience
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Must have Health Care Assistant experience
- Must have undertaken a range of Health Care Assistant duties such as taking blood, performing ECG testing and taking observations
- Good understanding of spoken and written English
- Desire to develop skills and qualifications under continuous professional development
- Work within teams
- Flexible approach and ability to demonstrate empathy
- Maintain accurate records
- Be organised and able to prioritise tasks
- Basic IT skills (MS Office, Internet)
- Able to take instruction and follow requests made
- Willingness to learn
- Desire to help, assist and improve the lives of patients
Desirable
- Good standard of general education including Maths and English at Grade C and above (or equivalent)
- Health and social Care qualification such as Care Certificate or NVQ level 2 or 3
- Previous experience in a patient facing role
- General Practice experience
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).