Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Health Care Assistant will work under the direct supervision of the Practice Nurse and strictly in accordance with specific practice guidelines and protocols, the Health Care Assistant will assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed programmes of patient care.

Duties and Responsibilities include**

A range of health checks

ECG recording

Blood pressure monitoring

Phlebotomy

Spirometry

Wound care

Smoking cessation

Weight management

Chaperoning duties

Processing and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses

Summarising of paper records and read coding of clinical letters

Sterilising, cleansing and maintenance of surgical equipment

Vaccine/cold chain storage, monitoring and recording

Ordering of clinical stocks and equipment.

Managing clinical waste.

Surgical equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation

Cleaning and re-stocking consulting rooms

**(this list is not inclusive of all job roles and responsibilities but an example of the type of duties that will need to be performed)

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Qualifications:
• General education (eg GCSEs) to grade C or above
• Proof of commitment to professional development
• Experience:
• Dealing with the public/patients
• Knowledge/Skills:
• Excellent communication skills
• Willing to develop clinical skills and competency relevant to the role
• Able to communicate routine information that requires tact and persuasive skills, or where there may be barriers to understanding
• Able to organise own time and workload and cope with last minute changes
• Education and Training:
• Willingness to undergo education / training for both Practice and Service needs
• Willingness to work towards professional and performance objectives (Appraisal)
• Qualities/Attributes:
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working and the development of others
• Flexibility, commitment and adaptability
• Able to demonstrate enthusiasm to developing health care assistant skills
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
• Pleasant and articulate
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to work in a changing environment
• Able to use own initiative

Desirable

• Qualifications:
• National Vocational Qualification Level 2
• Experience:
• Experience of working in a General Practice setting
• Experience of a GP Clinical System Previous phlebotomy experience
• Read coding and summarising
• Knowledge/Skills:
• Competent in basic healthcare duties required for the post

Employer details

Employer name

Lyme Valley Medical Centre

Address

Lyme Valley Practice

Lyme Valley Road

Newcastle-under-Lyme

Staffordshire

ST5 3TF

Employer's website

https://www.lymevalley.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)