HCA - Healthcare Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

The primary purpose of the post is to provide services to patients who require a variety of treatments and/or tests including phlebotomy, vaccinations, blood pressure monitoring, health checks, dressings, and ECGs.

Key responsibilities

• BP monitoring
• Urinalysis
• Diabetic foot checks
• ECG recording
• Simple wound dressing
• Phlebotomy
• Learning Disability Health Checks
• Influenza, pneumococcal immunisation, and B12 injections
• Vaccine cold chain storage, monitoring and recording
• Providing lifestyle advice to patients, making necessary referrals to clinical team
• Measuring and recording patients height and weight
• New patient health checks
• NHS Health Checks
• Processing and management of laboratory samples, in accordance with practice procedures and protocols, and taking into account courier collection times
• Restock/maintenance of all equipment within the treatment room
• Restocking of clinical areas and the partners consulting rooms
• Chaperoning
• Assisting with minor surgical procedures carried out within the practice
• Assisting with family planning clinics
• Antipsychotic annual physical health checks
• To assist in the seasonal and vaccination clinics as requested e.g. flu campaign
• To explain procedures and making new, and follow-up appointments
• Distribution of information, messages and enquiries for the clinical team
• Liaising with multidisciplinary team members, external agencies such as secondary care and community service providers
• Computer data entry/data allocation and collation; processing and recording information in accordance with practice procedures
• Use AccuRX as appropriate to message patients
• Processing of workflow/tasks
• Undertake any other additional duties appropriate to the post as requested by the Partners or Managers

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 in Health and Social Care
• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
• Experience of working in a nursing team
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, email and the internet
• Knowledge of how the NHS works
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Working knowledge of medical terminology

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

Leatside Health Centre

Address

Forth Noweth

Chapel Street

Redruth

Cornwall

TR15 1AU

Employer's website

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