Job summary
Crewkerne Health Centre are recruiting for a Health Care Assistant (HCA) to join our friendly, busy team.
We would welcome applications from people who enjoy working in a fast-paced practice and have genuine passion for patient care.
The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in a GP practice as an HCA, but will specifically require practical experience of delivering phlebotomy services, alongside a willingness to learn other aspects of the HCA role.
The core hours needed to be covered are 25 per week and working patterns (days and times) can be discussed at interview.
The rate of pay is £12.00 per hour, and you also have the option of joining the NHS or NEST pension as one of many Symphony employee benefits. Please see attached links for more information.
Main duties of the job
As our HCA, you will work under the direct
supervision of the Lead / Practice Nurse and in strict accordance with any specific practice guidelines and protocols. You will also assist the practice clinical team in the provision and delivery of prescribed
programmes of patient care.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification (JD) for a full list of duties and expectations.
About us
Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS) was established
in 2016 as part of the award-winning Symphony Programme Vanguard, developing
new models of care. We now support 20 practices across Somerset and East Devon,
providing care for 120,000 patients.
SHS has developed a model where each practice is
encouraged to operate autonomously, but as a subsidiary of NHS Somerset
Foundation Trust (SFT), and with the backing and economies of scale from a
central support team (particularly for HR, finance, corporate and strategic
management matters).
Providing NHS services is at the heart of what we
do. Our vision is to ensure that primary care is sustainable for patients and
practices in Somerset, and we aim to be a national exemplar for primary care
provision. We work closely with our practice teams to support, develop and
transform patient care and working practices with innovation and technology at
the heart of what we do.
SHS welcome applications from people of all
backgrounds and underrepresented groups. When undertaking recruitment and
selection for our services, SHS we are committed to equality of opportunity for
all.
SHS offers a NHS or NEST Pension, a fantastic range
of employee benefits and salary sacrifice schemes (see attached poster), along
with flexible working from day of employment and an agile approach to home /
office-based working.
We look forward to hearing from you and receiving your
application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities include:
-
New
patient health checks - BMI, Urinalysis
-
ECG
recording
-
INR
monitoring using Coagucheck and INR Star
-
To
undertake Doppler testing
-
Blood
Pressure Monitoring following practice hypertension guidelines, issue HBPM in
accordance with practice policy
-
Phlebotomy
including perform annual blood tests, BP, BMI, ACR as requested for patients
with chronic diseases
-
Urinalysis
MSU, ACR in accordance with practice policy
-
Wound
Care suture removal in accordance with practice policy, following training
-
Weight
Management
-
Chaperoning
duties
-
Processing
and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses
-
Administer
influenza vaccines according to PSD, following training
-
Administer
B12 injections according to PSD
-
To undertake Spirometry for GP to interpret results.
-
Surgical
equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
-
Clearing
and re-stocking consulting rooms
-
Preparing
and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor
operations, coils and implants
-
Assisting
in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
-
Help
to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
-
Assisting
with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and
well-being
-
Assist
with recall systems
-
Lifestyle
advice, (diet, weight, exercise, smoking cessation, alcohol) making necessary
referrals within PHCT and local support services
-
Maintain
health promotion information in waiting room designated for patient education
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities include:
-
New
patient health checks - BMI, Urinalysis
-
ECG
recording
-
INR
monitoring using Coagucheck and INR Star
-
To
undertake Doppler testing
-
Blood
Pressure Monitoring following practice hypertension guidelines, issue HBPM in
accordance with practice policy
-
Phlebotomy
including perform annual blood tests, BP, BMI, ACR as requested for patients
with chronic diseases
-
Urinalysis
MSU, ACR in accordance with practice policy
-
Wound
Care suture removal in accordance with practice policy, following training
-
Weight
Management
-
Chaperoning
duties
-
Processing
and management of laboratory samples requested by GPs/Nurses
-
Administer
influenza vaccines according to PSD, following training
-
Administer
B12 injections according to PSD
-
To undertake Spirometry for GP to interpret results.
-
Surgical
equipment and vaccine re-stocking and stock rotation
-
Clearing
and re-stocking consulting rooms
-
Preparing
and maintaining environments and equipment before, during and after patient
care interventions including assisting GPs during the performance of minor
operations, coils and implants
-
Assisting
in the assessment and surveillance of patients health and well-being
-
Help
to raise awareness of health and well-being and how it can be promoted
-
Assisting
with the collection and collation of data on needs related to health and
well-being
-
Assist
with recall systems
-
Lifestyle
advice, (diet, weight, exercise, smoking cessation, alcohol) making necessary
referrals within PHCT and local support services
-
Maintain
health promotion information in waiting room designated for patient education
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
- NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care
- Care Certificate
Desirable
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Previous experience using EMIS web
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working as a HCA or equivalent
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in Primary Care/ or similar NHS setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- English & Maths GCSE (or equivalent)
- NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care
- Care Certificate
Desirable
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate excellent communication skills
Desirable
- Previous experience using EMIS web
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working as a HCA or equivalent
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in Primary Care/ or similar NHS setting
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.
