Job summary
Morden Hall Medical Centre is currently looking to recruit a permanent Health Care Assistant to work at our Practice in Morden, SW London. This is to work specifically in assisting with the delivery of our Nurse team support for Long Term Condition Patients and to provide support to our permanent Nurse Team generally, on a full time contract for 24 hours per week over Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. You will need to own, or have use of a car and be able to attend home visits.
Main duties of the job
- Establish and maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
- Contribute to the improvement of services.
- Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do the same.
- Support equality and value diversity, identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.
- Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being
Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection
About us
We are a successful and dynamic practice, providing
GP services to more than 15000 patients in the Morden area. We welcome your
application for this exciting opportunity to work with our enthusiastic, well
trained and experienced administration team, assisting the Management Team in
providing essential support to our colleagues at the surgery to continue to
provide the high standard of patients care expected of us
Experience of working successfully in public
service is a requirement of this role, and specifically within GP and medical
services. Our primary aim is to recruit
the right type of person to the role, as we are confident we can train our
staff to a high standard of accomplishment
In return, we will offer a competitive rate of pay,
with structured training and role progression, together with access to the NHS
Pension plan
Please ensure your application is made via the NHS
jobs website, attaching your full CV.
We ask you to note
we are unable to accept applications made directly in person or via recruitment
agencies
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose: To assist the clinical team in the service delivery and management of patients.
Overview of responsibilities
- Establish and maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
- Contribute to the improvement of services.
- Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do the same.
- Support equality and value diversity, identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.
- Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being
- Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection
Specific Responsibilities
Clinical Skills
- Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training.
- Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:- blood pressure pulse rate and rhythm temperature height and weight
body mass index peak flow and its calculation
- ECGs
- Blood glucose monitoring.
- Venepuncture.
- Inhaler techniques.
- Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions.
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Undertake dressing procedures following local recommendations, complying with infection control principles and practice.
- Perform spirometry on patients after full training and assessment of competence.
- Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence.
- Support clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide support and encouragement to patients to self manage their conditions as appropriate.
- Maintain the notice board in the waiting room and promote good health with educational material.
- Administer influenza, pneumococcal and Vitamin B12 vaccinations
- Remove sutures and clips.
- Smoking cessation.
- Pre diabetic reviews.
- Undertake foot checks for people with diabetes.
- Assist Consultants in clinics.
- Act as a chaperone, when requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Purpose: To assist the clinical team in the service delivery and management of patients.
Overview of responsibilities
- Establish and maintain communication with a range of people on a range of matters in a form that is appropriate to them and the situation.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others.
- Contribute to the improvement of services.
- Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do the same.
- Support equality and value diversity, identifying when own or others behaviour undermines equality and diversity.
- Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being
- Recognise and report situations where there might be a need for protection
Specific Responsibilities
Clinical Skills
- Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training.
- Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:- blood pressure pulse rate and rhythm temperature height and weight
body mass index peak flow and its calculation
- ECGs
- Blood glucose monitoring.
- Venepuncture.
- Inhaler techniques.
- Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions.
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Undertake dressing procedures following local recommendations, complying with infection control principles and practice.
- Perform spirometry on patients after full training and assessment of competence.
- Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence.
- Support clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide support and encouragement to patients to self manage their conditions as appropriate.
- Maintain the notice board in the waiting room and promote good health with educational material.
- Administer influenza, pneumococcal and Vitamin B12 vaccinations
- Remove sutures and clips.
- Smoking cessation.
- Pre diabetic reviews.
- Undertake foot checks for people with diabetes.
- Assist Consultants in clinics.
- Act as a chaperone, when requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working in a GP / Primary Care setting
- Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training.
- Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:-
- blood pressure
- pulse rate and rhythm
- temperature
- height and weight
- body mass index
- peak flow and its calculation
- ECGs
- Blood glucose monitoring.
- Venepuncture.
- Inhaler techniques.
- Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions.
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Undertake dressing procedures following local recommendations, complying with infection control principles and practice.
- Perform spirometry on patients after full training and assessment of competence.
- Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence.
- Support clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide support and encouragement to patients to self manage their conditions as appropriate.
- Maintain the notice board in the waiting room and promote good health with educational material.
- Administer influenza, pneumococcal and Vitamin B12 vaccinations
- Remove sutures and clips.
- Smoking cessation.
- Pre diabetic reviews.
- Undertake foot checks for people with diabetes.
- Assist Consultants in clinics.
- Act as a chaperone, when requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience in working in a GP / Primary Care setting
- Undertake record and follow guidelines for the tasks for which you have received appropriate training.
- Urinalysis and preparation of specimens for investigation by the pathology laboratory.
- Measuring and recording:-
- blood pressure
- pulse rate and rhythm
- temperature
- height and weight
- body mass index
- peak flow and its calculation
- ECGs
- Blood glucose monitoring.
- Venepuncture.
- Inhaler techniques.
- Prepare and maintain environments and equipment before, during and after patient care interventions.
- Ensure GPs rooms and clinical treatment rooms are clean and well stocked.
- Undertake dressing procedures following local recommendations, complying with infection control principles and practice.
- Perform spirometry on patients after full training and assessment of competence.
- Give accurate and appropriate information to patients and groups within own competence.
- Support clinicians in providing minor surgery.
- Plan, develop and implement ways of raising and promoting awareness of health and well-being, keeping records of what has been done.
- Provide support and encouragement to patients to self manage their conditions as appropriate.
- Maintain the notice board in the waiting room and promote good health with educational material.
- Administer influenza, pneumococcal and Vitamin B12 vaccinations
- Remove sutures and clips.
- Smoking cessation.
- Pre diabetic reviews.
- Undertake foot checks for people with diabetes.
- Assist Consultants in clinics.
- Act as a chaperone, when requested.
- Record information and activities undertaken with patients and carers in an accurate and timely fashion using manual or computer systems and Read codes.
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.
